Veteran Service Officer (VSO) Questions
and Verified Answers
Veterans Benefit Manual answer - VBM
Do no harm answer - An Advocates 1st Rule?
Power of Attorney(POA) answer - What document is required to represent a Veteran?
No, there cannot be more than one POA active at the same time answer - Can there be more
than one POA active at any given time?
Board of Veterans Appeals answer - BVA
58 answer - How many regional offices are there nationally?
Be a friend to the Veterans but also be a guardian of the tax payer answer - VA has a duel role
when it comes to claims, those are?
By presenting new and material evidence answer - How can a claimant reopen a case filed by
the VA as "final?"
Evidence that has not already been submitted to the VA answer - What is new evidence?
Evidence that helps prove a previously unproven fact answer - What is material evidence?
, If the weight of the evidence is (more than half) against the claim answer - When can the VA
deny a claim?
VA has the duty to assist claimants who submit a reasonably possible claim in developing
evidence to support their claims answer - Duty to Assist
Present reasons why the benefit should be granted and cite appropriate statues and regulations
using the VA's adjudication procedures manual (M21-1MR). answer - What helps makes an
advocates claim successful
VA's Adjudication Procedures Manual answer - M21-1MR
1. Veteran must currently suffer a disability or have suffered from disability since the claim was
filed 2. Must be some incident in service that could have caused the condition and 3. There
must be some way of linking that current condition to that incident. answer - What are the 3
elements of a disability compensation claim?
Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Central VA Office
(VACO): national Cemetery, General Counsel, Office of Inspector General. answer - 3
Departments of the VA
Decision Review Officer answer - DRO
A new and complete review without giving any weight to the fact that the Regional Office(RO)
personnel previously denied the claim. answer - What is a review "de novo"
No, VA medical care is principally directed toward treating medical problems related to
Veteran's military service and toward helping some low income Veterans. answer - Are
Veterans automatically entitled to VA healthcare?
and Verified Answers
Veterans Benefit Manual answer - VBM
Do no harm answer - An Advocates 1st Rule?
Power of Attorney(POA) answer - What document is required to represent a Veteran?
No, there cannot be more than one POA active at the same time answer - Can there be more
than one POA active at any given time?
Board of Veterans Appeals answer - BVA
58 answer - How many regional offices are there nationally?
Be a friend to the Veterans but also be a guardian of the tax payer answer - VA has a duel role
when it comes to claims, those are?
By presenting new and material evidence answer - How can a claimant reopen a case filed by
the VA as "final?"
Evidence that has not already been submitted to the VA answer - What is new evidence?
Evidence that helps prove a previously unproven fact answer - What is material evidence?
, If the weight of the evidence is (more than half) against the claim answer - When can the VA
deny a claim?
VA has the duty to assist claimants who submit a reasonably possible claim in developing
evidence to support their claims answer - Duty to Assist
Present reasons why the benefit should be granted and cite appropriate statues and regulations
using the VA's adjudication procedures manual (M21-1MR). answer - What helps makes an
advocates claim successful
VA's Adjudication Procedures Manual answer - M21-1MR
1. Veteran must currently suffer a disability or have suffered from disability since the claim was
filed 2. Must be some incident in service that could have caused the condition and 3. There
must be some way of linking that current condition to that incident. answer - What are the 3
elements of a disability compensation claim?
Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Central VA Office
(VACO): national Cemetery, General Counsel, Office of Inspector General. answer - 3
Departments of the VA
Decision Review Officer answer - DRO
A new and complete review without giving any weight to the fact that the Regional Office(RO)
personnel previously denied the claim. answer - What is a review "de novo"
No, VA medical care is principally directed toward treating medical problems related to
Veteran's military service and toward helping some low income Veterans. answer - Are
Veterans automatically entitled to VA healthcare?
