Veteran Service Officer (VSO) Exam
Questions With Correct Answers
VBM |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Veterans |Benefit |Manual
An |Advocates |1st |Rule? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Do |no |harm
What |document |is |required |to |represent |a |Veteran? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Power |of |
Attorney(POA)
Can |there |be |more |than |one |POA |active |at |any |given |time? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-No, |there
|cannot |be |more |than |one |POA |active |at |the |same |time
BVA |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Board |of |Veterans |Appeals
How |many |regional |offices |are |there |nationally? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-58
VA |has |a |duel |role |when |it |comes |to |claims, |those |are? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Be |a |friend |to
|the |Veterans |but |also |be |a |guardian |of |the |tax |payer
How |can |a |claimant |reopen |a |case |filed |by |the |VA |as |"final?" |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-By |
presenting |new |and |material |evidence
What |is |new |evidence? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Evidence |that |has |not |already |been |
submitted |to |the |VA
What |is |material |evidence? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Evidence |that |helps |prove |a |previously |
unproven |fact
, When |can |the |VA |deny |a |claim? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-If |the |weight |of |the |evidence |is |
(more |than |half) |against |the |claim
Duty |to |Assist |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-VA |has |the |duty |to |assist |claimants |who |submit |a |
reasonably |possible |claim |in |developing |evidence |to |support |their |claims
What |helps |makes |an |advocates |claim |successful |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Present |reasons |
why |the |benefit |should |be |granted |and |cite |appropriate |statues |and |regulations |using |the |VA's
|adjudication |procedures |manual |(M21-1MR).
M21-1MR |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-VA's |Adjudication |Procedures |Manual
What |are |the |3 |elements |of |a |disability |compensation |claim? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-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.
3 |Departments |of |the |VA |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Veterans |Benefits |Administration |(VBA), |
Veterans |Health |Administration |(VHA), |Central |VA |Office |(VACO): |national |Cemetery, |General |
Counsel, |Office |of |Inspector |General.
DRO |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Decision |Review |Officer
What |is |a |review |"de |novo" |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-A |new |and |complete |review |without |
giving |any |weight |to |the |fact |that |the |Regional |Office(RO) |personnel |previously |denied |the |
claim.
Questions With Correct Answers
VBM |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Veterans |Benefit |Manual
An |Advocates |1st |Rule? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Do |no |harm
What |document |is |required |to |represent |a |Veteran? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Power |of |
Attorney(POA)
Can |there |be |more |than |one |POA |active |at |any |given |time? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-No, |there
|cannot |be |more |than |one |POA |active |at |the |same |time
BVA |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Board |of |Veterans |Appeals
How |many |regional |offices |are |there |nationally? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-58
VA |has |a |duel |role |when |it |comes |to |claims, |those |are? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Be |a |friend |to
|the |Veterans |but |also |be |a |guardian |of |the |tax |payer
How |can |a |claimant |reopen |a |case |filed |by |the |VA |as |"final?" |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-By |
presenting |new |and |material |evidence
What |is |new |evidence? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Evidence |that |has |not |already |been |
submitted |to |the |VA
What |is |material |evidence? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Evidence |that |helps |prove |a |previously |
unproven |fact
, When |can |the |VA |deny |a |claim? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-If |the |weight |of |the |evidence |is |
(more |than |half) |against |the |claim
Duty |to |Assist |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-VA |has |the |duty |to |assist |claimants |who |submit |a |
reasonably |possible |claim |in |developing |evidence |to |support |their |claims
What |helps |makes |an |advocates |claim |successful |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Present |reasons |
why |the |benefit |should |be |granted |and |cite |appropriate |statues |and |regulations |using |the |VA's
|adjudication |procedures |manual |(M21-1MR).
M21-1MR |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-VA's |Adjudication |Procedures |Manual
What |are |the |3 |elements |of |a |disability |compensation |claim? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-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.
3 |Departments |of |the |VA |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Veterans |Benefits |Administration |(VBA), |
Veterans |Health |Administration |(VHA), |Central |VA |Office |(VACO): |national |Cemetery, |General |
Counsel, |Office |of |Inspector |General.
DRO |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Decision |Review |Officer
What |is |a |review |"de |novo" |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-A |new |and |complete |review |without |
giving |any |weight |to |the |fact |that |the |Regional |Office(RO) |personnel |previously |denied |the |
claim.
