VA-BC CERTIFICATION TEST STUDY GUIDE
2026 – COMPLETE CONCEPT REVIEW &
PRACTICE MATERIALS (LATEST EDITION)
Domain 1: VA Structure, Accreditation, & Programs
1. What is the primary federal legislation that established the modern Department of
Veterans Affairs?
A) The Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944 (GI Bill)
B) The Veterans’ Judicial Review Act of 1988
C) The Department of Veterans Affairs Act of 1988 ✓
D) The Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014
2. Which VA office is responsible for the accreditation of individuals and organizations
that assist claimants?
A) Office of General Counsel (OGC) ✓
B) Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA)
C) Board of Veterans’ Appeals (BVA)
D) Office of Inspector General (OIG)
3. The VA’s “Mission Act” of 2018 primarily expanded veteran access to:
A) Home loan guarantees
B) Community care outside the VA network ✓
C) Burial and memorial benefits
D) Disability compensation rates
4. Which program provides comprehensive long-term care services for eligible veterans
in a home-like setting?
A) VA Community Living Centers (CLCs)
B) Medical Foster Home Program
C) Veteran Directed Care (VDC) Program ✓
D) Home Improvement and Structural Alteration (HISA) grant
5. A veteran must have served at least 24 continuous months or the full period for which
they were called to active duty to qualify for most VA health care benefits. This is
known as the:
A) Duty Status Requirement
, B) Length of Service Requirement ✓
C) Character of Discharge Requirement
D) Minimum Active Service Requirement
Domain 2: Benefits & Compensation
6. For VA disability compensation, what is the minimum disability rating required to
receive additional compensation for dependents?
A) 0% (non-compensable)
B) 30% ✓
C) 50%
D) 100%
7. A veteran with a 60% disability rating and a spouse, but no children, would have their
compensation calculated using:
A) The single veteran rate
B) The veteran with spouse rate ✓
C) The veteran with spouse and one parent rate
D) The special monthly compensation (SMC) rate
8. Which benefit provides a tax-free monetary allowance to veterans who have a service-
connected condition that affects mobility?
A) Special Monthly Compensation (SMC-K)
B) Automobile Allowance and Adaptive Equipment Grant ✓
C) Temporary Total Disability Rating
D) Individual Unemployability (IU)
9. Individual Unemployability (IU) pays compensation at the 100% rate even if the
veteran’s combined disability rating is less than 100%, provided they:
A) Are over the age of 65
B) Are unable to maintain substantially gainful employment due to service-connected
conditions ✓
C) Have a single disability rated at 70% or higher
D) Are permanently housebound
10. The Survivors Pension benefit (Death Pension) is a needs-based benefit for surviving
spouses and children of wartime veterans. To qualify, the veteran must have:
A) Died from a service-connected condition
B) Served during a period of war and met specific income/net worth limits ✓
, C) Had a 100% permanent and total disability rating at time of death
D) Served a minimum of 20 years of active service
Domain 3: Claims Process & Appeals
11. What is the initial formal step in the VA claims process?
A) Filing a Notice of Disagreement (NOD)
B) Submitting an Intent to File (ITF) ✓
C) Requesting a Higher-Level Review (HLR)
D) Filing a Supplemental Claim
12. An “Intent to File” (ITF) form preserves the effective date of a claim for up to:
A) 30 days
B) 6 months
C) 1 year ✓
D) 18 months
13. Which lane of the modernized appeals process (AMA) involves a new review of the
claim by a senior adjudicator without submitting new evidence?
A) Supplemental Claim Lane
B) Higher-Level Review Lane ✓
C) Board of Veterans’ Appeals Lane (Direct Review)
D) Board of Veterans’ Appeals Lane (Evidence Submission)
14. A Statement in Support of Claim can be used to provide which of the following?
A) Lay evidence ✓
B) New and relevant medical evidence
C) A formal legal argument
D) A request for a Board hearing
15. The “Duty to Assist” requires the VA to help a claimant obtain evidence necessary to
substantiate the claim. This duty is primarily defined in:
A) 38 CFR Book C
B) 38 U.S.C. § 5103A ✓
C) The Veterans Claims Assistance Act (VCAA) of 2000
D) The Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ)
Domain 4: Medical & Psychological Conditions
2026 – COMPLETE CONCEPT REVIEW &
PRACTICE MATERIALS (LATEST EDITION)
Domain 1: VA Structure, Accreditation, & Programs
1. What is the primary federal legislation that established the modern Department of
Veterans Affairs?
A) The Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944 (GI Bill)
B) The Veterans’ Judicial Review Act of 1988
C) The Department of Veterans Affairs Act of 1988 ✓
D) The Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014
2. Which VA office is responsible for the accreditation of individuals and organizations
that assist claimants?
A) Office of General Counsel (OGC) ✓
B) Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA)
C) Board of Veterans’ Appeals (BVA)
D) Office of Inspector General (OIG)
3. The VA’s “Mission Act” of 2018 primarily expanded veteran access to:
A) Home loan guarantees
B) Community care outside the VA network ✓
C) Burial and memorial benefits
D) Disability compensation rates
4. Which program provides comprehensive long-term care services for eligible veterans
in a home-like setting?
A) VA Community Living Centers (CLCs)
B) Medical Foster Home Program
C) Veteran Directed Care (VDC) Program ✓
D) Home Improvement and Structural Alteration (HISA) grant
5. A veteran must have served at least 24 continuous months or the full period for which
they were called to active duty to qualify for most VA health care benefits. This is
known as the:
A) Duty Status Requirement
, B) Length of Service Requirement ✓
C) Character of Discharge Requirement
D) Minimum Active Service Requirement
Domain 2: Benefits & Compensation
6. For VA disability compensation, what is the minimum disability rating required to
receive additional compensation for dependents?
A) 0% (non-compensable)
B) 30% ✓
C) 50%
D) 100%
7. A veteran with a 60% disability rating and a spouse, but no children, would have their
compensation calculated using:
A) The single veteran rate
B) The veteran with spouse rate ✓
C) The veteran with spouse and one parent rate
D) The special monthly compensation (SMC) rate
8. Which benefit provides a tax-free monetary allowance to veterans who have a service-
connected condition that affects mobility?
A) Special Monthly Compensation (SMC-K)
B) Automobile Allowance and Adaptive Equipment Grant ✓
C) Temporary Total Disability Rating
D) Individual Unemployability (IU)
9. Individual Unemployability (IU) pays compensation at the 100% rate even if the
veteran’s combined disability rating is less than 100%, provided they:
A) Are over the age of 65
B) Are unable to maintain substantially gainful employment due to service-connected
conditions ✓
C) Have a single disability rated at 70% or higher
D) Are permanently housebound
10. The Survivors Pension benefit (Death Pension) is a needs-based benefit for surviving
spouses and children of wartime veterans. To qualify, the veteran must have:
A) Died from a service-connected condition
B) Served during a period of war and met specific income/net worth limits ✓
, C) Had a 100% permanent and total disability rating at time of death
D) Served a minimum of 20 years of active service
Domain 3: Claims Process & Appeals
11. What is the initial formal step in the VA claims process?
A) Filing a Notice of Disagreement (NOD)
B) Submitting an Intent to File (ITF) ✓
C) Requesting a Higher-Level Review (HLR)
D) Filing a Supplemental Claim
12. An “Intent to File” (ITF) form preserves the effective date of a claim for up to:
A) 30 days
B) 6 months
C) 1 year ✓
D) 18 months
13. Which lane of the modernized appeals process (AMA) involves a new review of the
claim by a senior adjudicator without submitting new evidence?
A) Supplemental Claim Lane
B) Higher-Level Review Lane ✓
C) Board of Veterans’ Appeals Lane (Direct Review)
D) Board of Veterans’ Appeals Lane (Evidence Submission)
14. A Statement in Support of Claim can be used to provide which of the following?
A) Lay evidence ✓
B) New and relevant medical evidence
C) A formal legal argument
D) A request for a Board hearing
15. The “Duty to Assist” requires the VA to help a claimant obtain evidence necessary to
substantiate the claim. This duty is primarily defined in:
A) 38 CFR Book C
B) 38 U.S.C. § 5103A ✓
C) The Veterans Claims Assistance Act (VCAA) of 2000
D) The Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ)
Domain 4: Medical & Psychological Conditions
