Download or read book Veterans Appeals Improvement and Modernization Act of 2017 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' Affairs and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Veterans Appeals Improvement and Modernization Act of 2017 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' Affairs and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Legislative Hearing on the Veterans Appeals Improvement and Modernization Act of 2017 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' Affairs and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 71 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Veterans Appeals Improvement and Modernization Act of 2017 written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Veterans' Affairs and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book VA Disability Benefits written by United States. Government Accountability Office and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 65 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) plan for implementing a new disability appeals process while attending to appeals in the current process addresses most, but not all, elements required by the Veterans Appeals Improvement and Modernization Act of 2017 (Act). VA's appeals plan addresses 17 of 22 required elements, partially addresses 4, and does not address 1. For example, not addressed is the required element to include the resources needed by the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) and the Board of Veterans' Appeals (Board) to implement the new appeals process and address legacy appeals under the current process. VA needs this information to certify, as specified under the Act, that it has sufficient resources to implement appeals reform and make timely appeals decisions under the new and legacy processes. VA's appeals plan reflects certain sound planning practices, but it could benefit from including important details in several key planning areas.
Download or read book Veterans Benefits Manual written by Barton F. Stichman and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This exhaustive manual is an indispensable guide for advocates who help veterans and their families obtain benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs. User-friendly, well-indexed, and packed with practical information, it includes sample forms and briefs, flowcharts, checklists, citations to legal authorities, and other documents designed to streamline the claims process and save you and your veteran client valuable time. Written by practicing lawyers at the National Veterans Legal Services Program, this manual contains valuable insight and analysis from a team of experts on the front line of veterans law. Use their first-hand experience fighting for veterans' rights and their insider's view of the Department of Veterans Affairs to obtain the benefits your client earned. The Veterans Benefits Manual contains dozens of effective, battle-tested advocacy tips for veterans and advocates along with all the latest developments in veterans law. New in the 2018-2019 Edition: This completely revised edition of The Veterans Benefits Manual has been thoroughly updated to include important developments in veterans' law over the past year.
Download or read book Veterans Disability Benefits written by James Macgillivray and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Veterans Benefits Manual 2021 2022 Edition written by LexisNexis Editorial Staff and published by LexisNexis. This book was released on 2021-10-29 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This exhaustive manual is an indispensable guide for advocates who help veterans and their families obtain benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs. User-friendly, well-indexed, and packed with practical information, it includes sample forms and briefs, flowcharts, checklists, citations to legal authorities, and other documents designed to streamline the claims process and save you and your veteran client valuable time. Written by practicing lawyers at the National Veterans Legal Services Program, this manual contains valuable insight and analysis from a team of experts on the front line of veterans law. Use their first-hand experience fighting for veterans' rights and their insider's view of the Department of Veterans Affairs to obtain the benefits your client earned. The Veterans Benefits Manual contains dozens of effective, battle-tested advocacy tips for veterans and advocates along with all the latest developments in veterans law. 2021-2022 Edition Editors: National Veterans Legal Services Program (NVLSP) Barton F. Stichman, Executive Director and co-founder of the National Veterans Legal Services Program Ronald B. Abrams, Special Counsel and Former Joint Executive Director of the National Veterans Legal Services Program Richard V. Spataro, Director of Training and Publications of the National Veterans Legal Services Program Stacy A. Tromble, Director of Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims Litigation of the National Veterans Legal Services Program The 2021-2022 edition of the Veterans Benefits Manual has been thoroughly updated with the important developments in veterans’ law over the past year. The most significant new information in the recent edition of the Manual has been about the Veterans Appeals Improvement and Modernization Act of 2017 (AMA), which took effect on February 19, 2019. There is updated information in the 2021-2022 edition of the Manual about how the new modernized review system has been operating in practice. Most of that information appears in Chapters 12, 13, and 16. Highlights of the other updates include advocacy essentials such as: New advice for deciding which options to pursue to overcome BVA decisions denying legacy claims and claims subject to the new AMA system (Sections 14.1.1 and 14.1.2); Discussion of the recent changes to VA policies and procedures due to the COVID-19 pandemic (throughout Manual); A new section about how the BVA conducts virtual hearings (Section 13.4.3); New sections explaining why thousands of Vietnam veterans and their survivors are now entitled to millions of dollars in additional retroactive compensation for Agent Orange-related diseases (Sections 8.10, 8.11); Discussion of the VA's revisions to the disability rating schedule for musculoskeletal conditions (Section 5.2.9); A new section discussing the enhanced hearing procedures adopted by the Army Discharge Review Board and the thousands of Army veterans now entitled to have the Board reconsider their less than Honorable Discharges under more liberal review standards (Section 21.3.5); A new section about how military retirees become entitled to retroactive military retired pay as a direct result of a VA decision granting retroactive VA benefits (Section 8.12); Updated analysis of the rules governing entitlement to retroactive benefits based on service department records being added to the VA claims file after a final claim denial (Section 8.8.9); New guidance regarding entitlement to accrued benefits to reimburse individuals who bore the expense of a veteran's last illness or burial (Section 7.3.1.1.2); and Updates on eligibility for VA's Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers and advocacy tips for those applying for monthly stipends (Section 10.13). Updated information about the duty to assist activities transferred from the Joint Services Records Research Center to the VA Records Research Center (Section 18.4); Advocacy tips for appealing BVA decisions that violate or improperly rely on provisions of the VA Adjudication Procedures Manual M21-1 (Section 14.5.9); Discussion of the recent case law on extraschedular disability ratings and schedular ratings for ankylosis of joints (Sections 5.3 and 5.2.1.6);
Download or read book Veterans Benefits written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Court of Veterans Appeals Improvement Act of 1993 written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Veterans' Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Veterans Benefits written by U S Government Accountability Office (G and published by BiblioGov. This book was released on 2013-07 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In response to a congressional request, GAO evaluated the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) appeals process for disability compensation and pension decisions, to determine whether VA could improve the timeliness of its appeals process without detriment to quality. GAO found that VA did not: (1) effectively manage appeals, since it lacked adequate data to identify systemic problems; (2) accurately report on the time the appeals process took, and lacked adequate time standards; (3) ensure timely resolution of processing and reporting problems, which often involved multiple organizational units; (4) provide adequate guidance and oversight for regional offices; or (5) ensure that regional offices were complying with procedures. GAO also found that: (1) despite the appeals process being the same for all regions, the average time varied widely among VA regional offices; (2) delays in regional offices were due to slow case statement processing, and delays in requesting or using appeals medical information and forwarding appeals to the Board of Veterans Appeals (BVA); and (3) VA developed an automated Veterans Appeals Records Management System to provide BVA with appeals data for reporting and control purposes, but the system had never provided accurate data. In addition, GAO found that: (1) the reported average processing time did not accurately reflect the time VA took to provide final decisions on appeals, because it did not account for regional office time spent on remanded decisions, and VA double-counted cases remanded to BVA; and (2) VA management, Congress, and others did not have a complete picture of how long veterans waited for appeal decisions.
Download or read book Court of Veterans Appeals Improvement Act of 1993 Report of the Committee on Veterans Affairs United States Senate to Accompany S 1546 March 2 legislative Day February 22 1994 Ordered to be Printed written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Veterans' Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 21 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Federal Benefits for Veterans Dependents and Survivors written by The US Department of Veterans Affairs and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2020-11-24 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An official, up-to-date government manual that covers everything from VA life insurance to survivor benefits. Veterans of the United States armed forces may be eligible for a broad range of benefits and services provided by the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). If you’re looking for information on these benefits and services, look no further than the newest edition of Federal Benefits for Veterans, Dependents, and Survivors. The VA operates the nation’s largest health-care system, with more than 1,700 care sites available across the country. These sites include hospitals, community clinics, readjustment counseling centers, and more. In this book, those who have honorably served in the active military, naval, or air service will learn about the services offered at these sites, basic eligibility for health care, and more. Helpful topics described in depth throughout these pages for veterans, their dependents, and their survivors include: Vocational rehabilitation and employment VA pensions Home loan guaranty Burial and memorial benefits Transition assistance Dependents and survivors health care and benefits Military medals and records And more
