August 23, 1993M21-1, Part I
Change 16
CONSOLIDATED INDEX TO M21-1
A
A&A
Adjustment based on VA medical facility reports..IV 9.07, 18.20
Adjustment under 38 CFR 3.552..VI 8.08
Disallowances..IV 28.12b
Due to nursing home status..IV 4.02c, 25.08
During hospitalization..IV 18.17, 18.19
Examinations..VI 1.02f
Higher level of care..VI 8.13
Housebound for spouses, surviving spouses & parents..VI 4.06
Review after discharge from nursing home..IV 9.22, 9.23
Special monthly compensation..VI 8.05
Special monthly pension..VI 8.01
Surviving spouse and parents..IV 26.12
ABANDONED
Claims..IV 25.05j
By parent..III 6.28; IV 13.07
ACCIDENTAL INJURY DEVELOPMENT..III 5.06
ACCRUED
Applications..II 5.29; III 2.17
Award/disallowance processing..V 8.01 thru 8.04
Evidence in file at date of death..IV 27.08
Lump sum..IV 27.23
Payable based on relationship..IV 27.11
Ratings, evidentiary requirements..VI 5.25
Ratings, general..VI 5.23
Ratings, preparation..VI 5.26
Reimbursement..IV 27.36 thru 27.48
Shares of claimants..IV 11.09c, 27.42
Time limits..IV 27.12
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
Letters..III 11.02; V 4.11, 23.04
Power of attorney..III 12.11, 12.24
ACTIVE MAIL..II 3.07
ACUTE DISABILITIES
Disallowance of..IV 28.08
Evidence requests for..III 5.04
ADDITIONAL
Compensation for dependents..IV 25.06
Futures..V 6.01d, 6.01e
ADDRESS
Change..IV 37.05e; V 13.01, 13.03
Current..IV 9.04, 33.07
Fiduciary..V 13.04, 13.05c
Nursing home..V 13.03c
Penal institution..V 13.03c
Unknown..III 1.02g
ADEQUACY
Evidence for rating purposes..VI 1.01b
VA examinations & hospital reports..VI 1.03, 2.10c
ADJUDICATION
Officer..I 2.04a
Procedures..1.05a
ADJUSTED COMPENSATION FILES..II 3.19
ADJUSTMENT
Apportionee awards..II 5.22; IV 19.13 thru 19.18
38 CFR 3.551 and 3.556..IV 18.11
ADMINISTRATIVE
Appeals and merged appeals..IV 8.22
Decisions..IV 5.07, 11.29, 11.30, 13.12; reversal..11.31
Error..IV 9.17, 11.31b
Review..IV 7.03, 7.05
ADOPTED CHILD..III 6.20, 6.25; IV 12.16
ADVISORY OPINION..IV 7.03, 7.04
AFFIDAVITS AND STATEMENTS..III 1.08; IV 3.04
AGE
Child, evidence to establish..III 6.17
Majority..IV 17.03d
AGENCY OF ORIGINAL JURISDICTION..IV 8.02b, 8.03, 8.09b
AGENT ORANGE CLAIM (SIRS)..V 14.04, 14.06
AGENTS
Fee agreements..III 12.10
General..III 12.02
AGGRAVATION OF PRESERVICE DISABILITY..VI 7.60
AIDS
Claims..III 5.15
SIRS..V 14.04, 14.06
ALCOHOL
Disability or death from using..VI 7.41
Willful misconduct determination..IV 11.04
ALLEGATIONS OF FRAUD..IV 36.01
AMOUNTS WITHHELD UNDER 38 CFR 3.551(b)..IV 27.20 thru 27.23
AMPUTATION (LOSS OF USE) OF EXTREMITIES, SMC INTERMEDIATE RATES..VI 8.12
ANALOGOUS RATING..VI 7.65
ANCILLARY BENEFITS..IV 20.44, 22.11, 22.21
ANNUAL CLOTHING ALLOWANCE COMPUTER RUN..IV 25.09; V 11.08
APHONIA SMC..VI 8.17
APPEALS
Certification..IV 8.33 thru 8.37
Contested claims..IV 5.09
Death cases..IV 8.41; VI 5.08, 5.27
Forfeiture..IV 36.14
Pending at death..IV 8.41
Processing..II 7.07; IV 8.02, 33.19; V 21.03
Processing end products..II 7.05; V 21.02, 21.04
Rights of claimants..I 2.05d
Status codes..II 7.06b; V 21.03c
Suspense dates..II 7.08
Tracking system coordinator..II 7.02
APPLICATION
Automobile..IV 23.08
REPS benefits..IV 32.02
APPOINTMENTS TO SERVICE ACADEMIES..III 10.04
APPORTIONEE AWARD ADJUSTMENT..II 5.22, IV 19.04
APPORTIONMENT
Amounts, rounding..IV 19.06
Approval..IV 16.27f, 19.03
Awards general..IV 19.02
Balancing..IV 19.02b
Death claims..IV 20.54, 26.05
Foreign residents..IV 19.08
Forfeiture cases..IV 36.15
Initial claims..IV 19.05
Predetermination notice..IV 9.24; V 5.12
Subsistence..IV 19.07
APPROVED COURSE OF SCHOOL INSTRUCTION..IV 14.06
ARTERIOSCLEROSIS
Aging process changes in SMP cases..VI 8.04
Obliterans..VI 7.21c
ARTERIOSCLEROTIC HEART DISEASE..VI 7.20b
ARTHRITIS
Hypertrophic..VI 7.02d-e
Degenerative..VI 7.02d
Ratings..VI 7.02
ASBESTOS RELATED
Diseases..III 5.13; VI 7.68
SIRS..V 14.04, 14.06
ASSUMPTION OF ELECTION..IV 6.04, 20.04
ATTORNEY REPRESENTATION..III 12.18 thru 12.21
AURAL INFECTION EXTENSION..VI 7.10
AUTHENTICATION OF FOREIGN DOCUMENTS..III 1.10
AUTHORITY TO DENY BENEFITS..IV 28.03
AUTHORIZATION
Determinations..IV 4.02, 36.02
Jurisdiction..IV 4.02; V 9.01, 9.02
AUTHORIZED ABSENCE AND NON-BED-STATUS..IV 18.14
AUTOMOBILE AND ADAPTIVE EQUIPMENT..IV 23.08; VI 4.11
AUTOPSY REPORTS..VI 5.03c
AWARDS
Children..IV 1.16, 26.06; V 4.05; controls..IV 17.03
Greater benefit..IV 25.13
Lesser benefits..V 4.09
Letters..IV 16.24, 20.43; V 23.11
Minors or incompetents..IV 17.02
Offset or recoupment..IV 19.09, 22.17
Pesos..IV 34.19
Processing..V 4.01 thru 4.05, 4.11, 6.01 thru 6.13
Record purpose..IV 25.04; V 4.06, 16.02h(4)
School attendance..IV 14.05
Screens ..V 3.01
Support data..V 5.01 thru 5.12
Three-signature..V 9.01b
B
BALANCE TO BE RECOUPED..IV 20.32, 20.34b, 20.34d
BENEFIT
Not apportionable..IV 19.01f
Of the doubt - destroyed SMRs..VI 7.62
Payment transaction explanation..V 19.08
BEVR PROCESSING..V 15.02
BILATERAL FACTOR..VI 7.06
BIOLOGICAL PARENT..III 6.24
BIRLS COMMANDS OVERVIEW..II 6.02
BLACK LUNG VERIFICATION..IV 31.19, 31.20; SSA BLB..IV 31.24 thru 31.27
BLINDNESS SMC..VI 8.18
BOARD OF SPECIALISTS EXAMINATIONS..VI 1.03b(5)
BOND REQUIREMENTS..IV 17.05
BRANCH OF SERVICE CODE..V 17.04, 18.10b(14)
BURDEN OF PROOF..IV 12.01
BUREAU OF
Pensions..I 1.01
Supplemental Security Income..III 9.03
War Risk Insurance..I 1.01, 1.07e
BURIAL
Award/disallowance letters..V 7.09, 23.13; processing..V 7.01, 7.05, 10.06
Benefit types..III 13.02
Development..V 17.08
Expenses..III 7.07c
Humanitarian measure..III 13.24
National cemetery..II 5.30; III 13.75; IV 23.12
Reimbursement data..V 17.02, 17.08
BURNS SECOND DEGREE..VI 7.33
BVA
Travel Board..IV 35.03
Remands..IV 8.40
Reversal of prior decision..IV 8.39
C
CANCELLATION OF PENDING ISSUES..V 16.04
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE..VI 7.20, 7.21
CARE AND MAINTENANCE AWARDS..IV 18.40
CAUSE OF DEATH
Not shown..VI 5.10
Questionable..VI 5.11
CENTRAL OFFICE DETERMINATIONS (38 U.S.C. 1151)..IV 22.14
CER FOLDERS..II 2.03e
CERTIFICATION
Appeals..II 7.02; IV 8.33 thru 8.37
School attendance not returned..IV 9.26
Statements..III 1.07
CHAMPVA..IV 23.14
CHANGE
Address..IV 37.05e; V 13.01, 13.03
Competency status..IV 17.20, 18.05
Correction in disallowance reason..IV 28.10
Fiduciary..V 13.04
Income or net worth..IV 16.09, 16.16, 16.36, 16.39
Law or issue..IV 25.18
Name..IV 17.10; V 13.02
Pending issues..V 16.05
CHARACTER OF DISCHARGE..IV 11.01, 11.02
CHARGE CARDS..II 2.05
CHECK
Intercept..II 5.21; V 12.06
Not negotiated prior to death..IV 27.16
CHILD
Earned income exclusion..IV 16.34
Hardship exclusion..III 7.09; IV 16.34
Imprisoned..IV 26.04
No longer helpless..IV 15.11
CHRONIC OR TROPICAL DISEASES..III 5.05; VI 7.14
CIRCULARIZATION..II 3.14
CIVIL SERVICE
Military preference..III 10.01, 10.02; ratings..VI 4.07
Verification..IV 31.08 thru 31.10
CLAIMANT NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS..III 11.09
CLAIMS
Abandoned..IV 25.05j
Adjudication (Target)..V 3.06
Appellate Rights..I 2.05d
Authorization (Target)..V 3.07
Establishment..II 1.03, 1.05; V 3.03, 16.01, 16.02
Folder general..II 2.04, 2.05, 2.06, 2.07
Folder in RPC at death..II 5.13, 5.15, 5.18
Folder location..II 6.05d
Required..III 3.03b; IV 6.01
Receipt and Control..I 2.05
Requiring Central Office approval..VI 7.57
38 U.S.C 1151..IV 6.06
CLASSIFIED
Records..II 4.01c(12), 4.06
Service records..III 4.08e
CLEARING OF PENDING ISSUES..V 16.03
CLEMENCY DISCHARGES..IV 11.01f
CLOTHING ALLOWANCE..IV 1.04, 25.09; V 11.01 thru 11.08
COLLECTION CODE..V 9.02e
COLOR CODING
Folders..II 2.06
EVRs..V 15.01e
COMBAT STATUS CODE..V 18.11b(6)
COMMISSARY AND EXCHANGE PRIVILEGES..III 10.06
COMMON
Accident cases..III 3.04; IV 11.26; VI 5.14
Law marriage..III 6.08; IV 12.04, 12.13c
COMPENSABLE DENTAL RATINGS (VA Form 21-6796)..VI 6.06b
COMPENSATION AND PENSION SERVICE
Manuals..I 3.03b, 3.04
Programs..I 1.05
Reviews..IV 7.02
COMPENSATION
History of..I 1.07
Under 38 U.S.C. 1151..IV 22.01 thru 22.04, 22.12, 22.13
COMPETENT BY COURT DECREE..IV 17.16
COMPLETION OF ITEMS
Formal rating decisions..VI 3.11 thru 3.50
Subsequent rating decisions..VI 3.51
COMPOSITION OF RATING BOARD..VI 2.01
COMPUTED SS RATE..IV 31.03
COMPUTER
Generated letters..V 19.12
Processing concepts..V 1.01
CONCLUSIVE DEPENDENCY..III 6.30; IV 13.10
CONDITIONAL DISCHARGES..IV 11.01i, 11.02g
CONFIDENTIALITY OF VA RECORDS..II 3.05
CONFIRMED RATING DECISIONS..IV 28.06; V 10.04; VI 3.53
CONGENITAL CONDITIONS..VI 7.04, 7.59f
CONSOLIDATION MESSAGES..II 6.03d
CONTEMPORANEOUS NOTICE..IV 9.05, 9.06, 9.24b; V 5.10
CONTESTED CLAIMS..IV 5.01
CONTINUOUS COHABITATION..III 6.13; IV 12.09
CONTROLS
Awards for children..IV 17.03
Evaluations for individual unemployability..VI 7.58
Future examinations in running awards..VI 1.06
Rating decisions, other..VI 3.39
Submission of evidence..III 1.02d
CONVALESCENT RATINGS BY DIAGNOSTIC CODES..VI 10.04
CONVULSIVE DISORDERS..VI 7.40
COPIES
Correspondence for service organizations..III 11.07
Ratings..VI 3.28
SIRS ratings..V 14.06
CORRECTION
Errors in Target..V 4.02
Errors in ratings..VI 3.06
Screens..V 18.05
STOP award actions..V 12.05
CORRESPONDENCE FROM CLAIMANT..IV 3.06; 33.16
COST OF MAINTENANCE AWARDS..IV 18.37
COUNTING INCOME OF DEPENDENTS..IV 16.27
COURT OF VETERANS APPEALS REMANDS..IV 38.01 thru 38.03
CUSTODIAN
38 CFR 3.850(c)..IV 17.14
In fact..IV 17.06
CZECHOSLOVAKIAN ARMED FORCES (38 U.S.C 109(c))..VI 4.16
D
DATA ENTRY..V 3.01g, 3.05
DATE-OF-RECEIPT STAMP..III 2.01b
DEA
Folders..II 2.03c
General..IV 14.09, 14.13, 14.14; VI 4.14, 5.19c
DEAFNESS SMC..VI 8.16
DEATH
After service..III 3.07, 13.04
Benefits paid by other Federal agencies..III 13.20
Benefits under 38 U.S.C. 1151..IV 22.12
Claim not required..III 3.03a
Compensation eligibility..III 2.15; entitlement..IV 6.04
Erroneous report..II 5.26, 5.27
Gratuity certificates..III 10.05
Common disaster..IV 11.26
In service..III 3.06, 13.03
Apportionee..IV 19.16
Pension ratings less than 90 days wartime service..VI 5.07
Presumed after 7 years absence..VI 5.12
Ratings, evidence required..VI 5.03; general considerations..VI 5.01
DEBT COLLECTION..IV 24.06
DEDUCTIBLE EXPENSES..IV 16.08, 16.14, 16.30 thru 16.35
DEEMED VALID MARRIAGE..III 6.12; IV 12.10
DEFERRED RATING DECISIONS..VI 3.54
DEFINITION OF INJURY..VI 7.61
DEGENERATIVE ARTHRITIS..VI 7.02d
DELIVERY OF FOLDERS..II 3.09 thru 3.11
DENIAL OF SERVICE CONNECTION FOR CAUSE OF DEATH..IV 28.02, 28.12
DENTAL
Notice of disagreement..VI 6.10
Outpatient treatment eligibility..IV 23.03
Rating board responsibilities..VI 6.02
Rating principles..VI 6.05
Rating specialist substitute for doctor..VI 2.01b
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Correspondence..III 11.12
Services..III 11.14
DEPENDENCY
Award support data..V 5.03, 5.04, 6.01, 6.06
School attendance..IV 14.02
Change reported on EVR..IV 29.07
Development on Target..V 17.02, 17.07
Parents..III 6.29; IV 13.01c, 13.09, 34.12; changes in..IV 13.15
DETERMINATION
Insanity affecting discharge..VI 4.10
Nonentitlement..V 10.02, 10.03
DEVELOPMENT
Accidental injuries..III 5.06; V 17.06
Child's relationship..III 6.16, 6.18, 6.19; V 17.07
Final expenses..III 7.07; V 17.06
Letters..V 23.06
Marital relationship..III 6.06; V 17.07
Parental relationship..III 6.23; V 17.07
Screens..V 3.04, 17.02
SMRs..V 17.04
Veteran's age..III 5.22
DEVELOPMENTAL CONDITIONS..VI 7.59f
DIABETES MELLITUS..VI 7.34
DIAGNOSTIC CODES..VI 3.43
DIARY CONTROLS
EVR'S..V 15.01d
General..II 1.05c, 1.07
DIC
Offsets..IV 26.26
Child due to school attendance..IV 14.08
Child pending surviving spouse entitlement determination..IV 26.06
Parents..IV 1.23, 16.16 thru 16.19
38 U.S.C. 1318..IV 1.18, 26.03; VI 5.05
DIFFERENCE OF OPINION..IV 7.03, 7.06, 7.07
DIGESTIVE SYSTEM..VI 7.22 thru 7.25
DISABILITY
Death award..V 6.01, 6.13
Death claim letters..V 17.09
Pension practices and procedures..VI 7.51
DISALLOWANCE
Acute disabilities..IV 28.08
Authority..IV 28.03
Burial..V 7.05
Foreign claims..IV 28.11
Letters..IV 28.04; V 7.09, 10.11, 23.09
Plot/interment..V 7.06
POW claims..IV 28.12
Presumption of death..IV 11.19, 11.23
Processing..V 10.01 thru 10.11; non-Target..IV 28.05
REPS claims..IV 32.17, 32.30
Screen not prepared..V 10.10
Without a rating..III 3.09
DISCHARGE
Liability for education loan..VI 4.13
Review Board second review..IV 11.01h
DISCONTINUANCE
Awards..V 12.01
SBP participation..III 10.08
DISPLAY MESSAGES..V 2.05
DISPOSITION
Disabilities claimed or noted..VI 3.07
Pending issues..V 16.06
Screen (S99)..II 1.05d
DISSENTING OPINION..VI 2.06
DIVORCE DECREES..III 6.07d
DOSIMETRY INFORMATION..III 5.12d
DRUGS, DISABILITY OR DEATH FROM USE..VI 7.42
DUAL BENEFIT CLAIMS..IV 20.20
DUE PROCESS..IV 5.02, 5.08d, 9.01, 9.14; V 5.09 thru 5.12
DUPC..II 3.15
DUPLICATE
Benefits..IV 14.07, 20.01, 20.16, 20.31, 20.41, 22.04, 22.16, 26.03
Claims..II 3.15; IV 3.07
DUPUYTREN'S CONTRACTURE..VI 7.08a
DUTY
Status of Reservists..IV 10.02
To assist..III 2.01; VI 2.10b
E
E01/E02 SCREEN PROCESSING..IV 29.03; V 15.02
EARNINGS RECORD REQUEST (REPS)..IV 32.23
EDUCATIONAL EXPENSES..III 7.08; IV 16.33
EFFECT OF
Adverse finding on claimants and beneficiaries..IV 11.09
Alcohol consumption..IV 11.04
Bond requirements on award action..IV 17.05
Elections and reelections..IV 20.46, 20.56, 20.63, 20.64
Judicial proceedings on VA..IV 11.12, 12.03h
EFFECTIVE DATE
Five year retroactive..VI 3.10
General..IV 11.01h, 11.01i, 11.23c, 16.05, 26.01, 32.25; V 6.04
Offset (38 U.S.C. 1151)..IV 22.05
ELECTION
DEA..IV 14.14; by apportionee..IV 19.17
DIC and death compensation..IV 20.48
EOR..IV 20.15
FECA..IV 20.19
General..IV 2.01c, 6.04, 20.03, 20.07, 20.53, 20.60, 26.13
Pending at death..IV 27.06
Service Pension and other pension programs..IV 20.45
ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATIONS..IV 10.07 thru 10.10
EMERGENCY OFFICERS' RETIREMENT..IV 20.10, 20.11, 20.14, 20.15
EMPLOYABILITY REGAINED..VI 9.08c
EMPLOYEE-VETERAN
Claims..III 2.07
Examinations..VI 1.02e
ENDOCRINE SYSTEM..VI 7.34, 7.35
ENTITLEMENT
Code..V 6.07
DIC in certain NSC death cases..IV 1.18, 26.03; VI 5.05
ENVIRONMENTAL AGENT REVIEW..VI 7.69
EOM PROCESSING..V 1.05c(9)
EPILEPSY..VI 7.40
EQUITABLE RELIEF..IV 7.08
ESCHEAT..IV 27.40
EVALUATION
Evidence..VI 2.10
Ratings..VI 3.44-3.45
EVIDENCE
Establish age of child..III 6.17
In file at death..IV 27.08
Requested from claimant..III 1.02, 6.03
Requested from sources other than claimant..III 1.03, 6.04
EVR
End products..IV 29.04; V 15.03
Incomplete..IV 29.02, 29.07
Letters..IV 29.06; V 15.05
Selection and mailing..IV 29.01; V 15.01
Terminations..IV 29.08
Transactions..IV 29.05; V 15.04
EXAMINATION
Types..VI 1.02
For SMC..VI 8.19
EXCHANGE
Asset information - VAMC and RO..IV 18.34
Beneficiary information..IV 18.01
EXPEDITED PAYMENTS..V 4.10
EXPENSES OF LAST ILLNESS..III 7.07b
EXPLANATION
NOE messages..V 19.05
Audit messages..V 19.11
EXPOSURE TO HERBICIDES..III 5.10
EXTENSION OF DELIMITING DATE FOR DISABILITY..VI 4.17
EYES..VI 7.09
F
FACTUAL DEPENDENCY..III 6.31; IV 13.11
FAILURE
Prosecute claim..IV 28.09; V 10.03
Report for exam in pending claims..VI 1.08
Report for scheduled exam..IV 25.05; VI 9.10; incompetent..IV 17.19
Return EVR..IV 29.08
FAMILIAL CONDITIONS..VI 7.59f
FBI REPORT REQUESTS..III 9.14
FDIB..IV 18.29, 18.35, 27.24, 27.30
FEDERAL EMPLOYEES COMPENSATION..III 9.21; IV 20.16, 20.17, 20.53a, 20.55, 20.57
FIDUCIARY
Address..V 13.04, 13.05c
Sufficiency of court documents..IV 17.04
FIELD EXAMINATIONS
General..IV 5.03c, 34.09; VI 1.09b
Request completion..III 8.02
FILE
Mail..II 3.08
Number adjustment..II 3.15
Number assignment..II 2.01, 2.02, 5.11, 6.07
FILING
Correspondence..III 11.06
Flashes..II 2.09
Material in folders..II 2.08
FINAL
Expenses..III 7.07; IV 16.32
Hospital summary..IV 3.05, 18.18, 18.25
FINALITY OF ELECTION..IV 14.14, 20.09, 20.46, 20.56
FINDING OF FACT AND DATE OF DEATH..IV 11.25, 11.28
FINDING OF FACT OF DEATH UNDER 38 U.S.C 3.211(F)..VI 5.13
FINGERPRINTS..IV 7.10
FIRE-RELATED CASES..III 4.06
FLASH CODE INDICATORS..II 6.08
FNOD..II 5.01 thru 5.04, 7.09
FOLDER
Requests..II 6.03d
Court of Veterans Appeals review..II 3.25
FOREIGN
Addressees..III 11.11
Adoptions..III 6.20e
Apportionments..IV 19.08
Beneficiaries, amounts withheld from..IV 27.44
Claimants..III 2.06; IV 37.04
Examinations..VI 1.10b(2)
Field and medical examinations..III 8.04, 11.15
FORFEITURE
Fraud..IV 36.09
Rights..IV 34.10
Subversive activities..IV 36.11
Treasonable acts..IV 36.10
FORMAL CLAIM..IV 6.02, 6.03
FOSTER PARENT..III 6.26; IV 13.05
FRAUD
Allegations..IV 36.01
Referral to Inspector General, District Counsel, General Counsel..IV 36.03, 36.06
FREE TO MARRY..III 6.07; IV 12.03
FURNISHING APPLICATIONS FOR DEATH BENEFITS..II 5.29
FUTURE
Date controls on ratings..II 1.05c; VI 3.32
Examinations in hearing (audio) cases..VI 7.13
Examinations in running awards, controls..VI 1.06
Examinations, fixing dates..VI 1.05
Termination..V 6.06c
G
GENERAL MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS..VI 1.02a
GENITOURINARY CONDITIONS..VI 7.26 thru 7.29
GOOD CAUSE FOR FAILURE TO REPORT FOR EXAM..VI 9.10
GRATUITOUS
Funds..IV 23.13
Insurance under 38 U.S.C 1922(b)..VI 5.19a
GUERRILLA SERVICE..IV 34.06
GYNECOLOGICAL CONDITIONS..VI 7.30
H
HANDWRITING ANALYSIS..IV 7.10
HEADSTONES, MARKERS
Government..III 13.88
Non-government..III 13.89
Time limits..III 13.92
HEALTH CARE BENEFITS OTH DISCHARGES..IV 11.01j, 23.02f; VI 4.18
HEARING
Impairment..VI 7.11 thru 7.13
Officer..IV 7.07
HEARINGS..IV 9.03, 9.10, 9.17, 23.11f, 25.05f
HELPLESS CHILD
Attending school..IV 14.15
Determinations..IV 15.01 thru 15.04
HEMIC AND LYMPHATIC SYSTEMS..VI 7.31, 7.32
HEMORRHOIDS..VI 7.24
HEPATITIS, INFECTIOUS..VI 7.25
HERBICIDE EXPOSURE CLAIMS..III 5.10
HEREDITARY CONDITIONS..VI 7.59f
HERNIA, INGUINAL..VI 7.23
HIV..VI 7.29
HIGHER LEVEL OF CARE - A&A ALLOWANCE..VI 8.13
HOLDING OUT..III 6.14d; IV 12.04b, 12.13d
HOMICIDE..IV 11.07, 11.10
HOSPITAL
Observation for evaluation..VI 1.01e
Reports submitted without need for request..IV 18.05
Summaries..IV 3.06, 18.18; VI 1.03e
HOSPITALIZATION
By VA or military as informal claim..IV 6.09
In excess of 21 days..IV 18.22 thru 18.25
In excess of 21 days, ratings..VI 10.02
Surgical ratings..IV 4.03d; VI 10.03
HOUSEBOUND
SMC..VI 8.06
SMP..VI 8.02
Surviving spouses entitled to DIC or improved pension..VI 4.06
HYPERTENSION..VI 7.20c
HYPERTENSIVE VASCULAR DISEASE..VI 7.20c
HYPERTHYROIDISM..VI 7.35a
HYPERTROPHIC ARTHRITIS..VI 7.02d-e
I
IDENTIFICATION OF UNKNOWN REMAINS..II 5.32, 5.33
IMPEDIMENT TO MARRIAGE, REMOVAL..III 6.07j
IMPRISONMENT
Dependent..IV 25.04c
Penal institution..IV 25.04, 26.04
INACTIVE
Cases..II 4.02b(4)
XC-folders..II 3.18
INAPPLICABILITY OF 38 CFR 3.105..VI 9.05
INCAPACITATION PAY..IV 20.29
INCAPACITY FOR SELF-SUPPORT..IV 15.01
INCOME
Classifications..IV 16.22
Counting procedures..IV 16.23
Data..V 5.05c, 5.06, 5.07, 6.10
Dependents..IV 16.27, 16.29
Development..III 7.02, 7.05
Exclusions..IV 16.41
Reporting periods..III 7.01e
Tax return information..III 9.16
INCOMING MAIL..II 1.08 thru 1.10
INCOMPETENCY
Considerations..VI 11.01
General..IV 9.14, 17.13, 17.15, 19.12
Rating decision, helpless child..VI 11.02
Rating decision, other beneficiaries..VI 11.03
Rating decisions, veteran..VI 11.01e
INCOMPETENT
Vet estate limitation ($1500)..IV 18.33 thru 18.40
Vet fails to report for VAE..IV 17.19
Representative of..III 12.06, 12.27
INCOMPLETE EVRS..IV 29.02, 29.07
INDEPENDENT MEDICAL OPINION..VI 1.04
INDIAN INCOME..IV 16.43
INDIVIDUAL UMEMPLOYABILITY
Controls..III 5.08
Control of evaluations..VI 7.58
INDIVIDUAL UMEMPLOYABILITY (Cont)
Evidence requirements..VI 7.53
General..VI 7.52
Rating practices and procedures..VI 7.55
INFERENCE OF REMARRIAGE..III 6.14; IV 12.13
INFERRED ISSUES WITH RATING BOARD RESPONSIBILITY..VI 3.31f
INFORMAL
Claims..III 2.01f; IV 6.09
Marriage..IV 12.03
INITIAL REVIEW BY RATING BOARD..VI 3.05b
INJURIES, DETERMINATION OF SERVICE CONNECTION..VI 7.01
INSANITY..IV 11.05, 11.10d
INSTITUTIONAL AWARDS TO INCOMPETENT VETS..IV 18.26 thru 18.32
INSTITUTIONALIZED VETERAN..V 5.08b(1)
INSURANCE
Activity requests..IV 23.11
Interpleader..IV 5.10, 11.13
Memorandum ratings..VI 4.08
Notification of competency/fiduciary changes..IV 17.20
IONIZING RADIATION EXPOSURE..III 5.12; VI 7.64
IRS PERMANENT TOTAL DISABILITY CERTIFICATE..III 10.07
ISSUES PENDING AT VETERAN'S DEATH..II 5.23
J
JOBS TRAINING FOLDERS..II 2.03f
JOINT CLAIMS, SS AND DIC..III 9.05
JOINT CONFERENCES WITH VA HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL..VI 1.11
JUDICIAL CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS, EFFECT ON VA..IV 11.12
JURISDICTION
38 U.S.C. 1312(a)..IV 33.01, 33.08
C-folders..II 4.01
XC-folders..II 4.02
Rating board..VI 2.09
JUST DEBTS..III 7.07d
L
LABORATORY ANALYSIS OF HANDWRITING..IV 7.10
LAST ILLNESS..IV 27.38
LEGAL IMPEDIMENT TO MARRIAGE..IV 12.10c
LIGHTWEIGHT (NOD) FOLDERS..II 2.03b, 5.13 thru 5.16, 5.26c
LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY..III 12.07
LINE-OF-DUTY DETERMINATIONS..IV 11.03
LISTING DISABILITIES, RATING CODES..VI 3.46
LITIGATED CASES, PROCESSING AND DISPOSITION..II 4.16
LOAN GUARANTY ELIGIBILITY..IV 23.06; VI 4.15
LOCKED FILES..II 3.04
LOSS OF
Creative organ, SMC..VI 8.15
Dependent..IV 25.07
Industry in community in pension cases..VI 7.50
Use of two extremities, conflicting decision..VI 7.08d
LOST FOLDERS..II 3.13
LOYALTY CLEARANCE..III 1.09; IV 27.35, 27.44, 34.05
LUMPING OF DISABILITIES FOR SMC..VI 8.07
M
M00 SCREEN..V 2.03, 2.04, 2.09
M01 SCREEN..V 2.03, 2.04, 2.10, 18.05, 18.09f, 18.15
M11 SCREEN..V 2.03, 2.04, 2.11, 18.10
M12 SCREEN..V 2.03, 2.04, 2.12
M13 SCREEN..V 2.03, 2.13, 18.11
M14 SCREEN..V 2.03, 2.14, 18.12
M15 SCREEN..V 2.03, 2.15, 18.13
M16 SCREEN..V 2.03, 2.16, 18.14
Management..II 1.08
Routing guide..II 1.08
MAINTENANCE OF RECORDS UNDER 38 CFR 3.105(A)..VI 9.13
MAJOR ISSUES WITH RATING BOARD RESPONSIBILITY..VI 2.11
MARGINAL EMPLOYMENT
Individual unemployability compensation cases..VI 7.55b(8)
Pension claims..VI 7.48, 7.49
MARINE INDEX BUREAU..III 4.18g
MARITAL RELATIONSHIP..III 6.06; IV 12.01 thru 12.03
MARRIAGE
Child..IV 12.18, 26.08
Helpless child..IV 15.07
Surviving spouse..IV 12.12, 26.07
MASTER RECORD
Audit writeout..V 19.09
Controls..II 1.07
Correction..V 18.01 thru 18.15
File..V 2.01b
Inquiry..IV 32.31; V 2.02, 2.09
MATCHING PROGRAMS..IV 21.11, 31.01
MAXIMUM ANNUAL PENSION RATE..IV 16.21
MEANS TEST..IV 18.03
MEDAL OF HONOR PENSION..IV 25.11
MEDICAL
Abbreviations and symbols..VI 7.66
Care eligibility (38 U.S.C CH 17)..IV 11.01j, 23.02f; VI 4.18
Evidence of probable entitlement..III 5.18
Expenses..III 7.06; IV 16.31
Infeasibility..IV 3.08, 23.07
Opinion..VI 1.04
MEDICARE PREMIUMS..IV 16.02, 16.31
MEMORANDUM RATING DECISIONS
Death..VI 5.19
Preparation..VI 4.02
Types..VI 4.02
When to prepare..VI 4.01
SMP, formal rating not required..VI 8.03
MENOPAUSE..VI 7.30
MENTAL DISORDERS..VI 7.41 thru 7.46
MERCHANT MARINE RECORDS REQUESTS..III 4.17, 4.18
MESSAGE CODES..IV 31.05
METASTASIS OF NONRADIOGENIC CANCER..VI 7.59g
METHOD OF ENTRY ON TARGET TERMINALS..V 1.04
MICROFICHE FILE COPIES..II 3.08b
MILITARY
File..II 3.22, 3.23
File mail..II 1.10
Medical data requests..V 17.02, 17.05
Records specialist..III 4.09
Retired pay cases..IV 21.01
Retirement pay overpayments..IV 21.01d
MISCELLANEOUS ELECTIONS..IV 20.78
MISFILED RECORDS..II 3.03
MONTHLY REPS BENEFITS..IV 32.24
MULTIPLE
CORR processing..V 20.06
Disabilities incurred in action or as POW..VI 7.56
Inquiry processing..V 20.04
Sclerosis..VI 7.37
MUSCULOSKELETAL
Considerations, miscellaneous..VI 7.08
System..VI 7.01 thru 7.08
N
NARRATIVE OF RATING DECISIONS..VI 3.16
NATIONAL
Cemeteries..III 13.18, 13.41, 13.75
Guard service..IV 10.03
NAVAL PENSION..IV 25.12
NET WORTH
Development..III 7.10
General..IV 16.04, 16.36, 16.39, 18.04; V 5.06
NEUROLOGICAL CONDITIONS..VI 7.36 thru 7.39
NEW AND MATERIAL EVIDENCE
General..III 1.06; IV 3.06b, 8.09e; VI 2.10f
Received after severance proposal..VI 9.15
NOE MESSAGE
Codes..V 19.05
Field descriptions..V 19.02
NO RATE PERIOD..V 6.03, 6.04, 6.10, 6.13d
NO RECORD MAIL..II 1.10c
NOMENCLATURE OF DIGITS..VI 7.03
NON-HODGKINS LYMPHOMA..VI 7.32
NON-TARGET DISALLOWANCES..IV 28.05
NONTOXIC ADENOMA..VI 7.35b
NONVETERAN EXAMINATIONS..VI 1.01d(2)-(3)
NOTICE OF
Benefit payment transaction..V 11.06, 19.07
Confirmed rating decision..V 10.04
Disagreement..II 7.03, 7.04; IV 8.05; time limits..IV 8.06
Disagreement with incompetency rating..VI 11.04
NOTICE TO
Service Department..26.27
Veteran..V 11.06
Claimants, contested claims..IV 5.08
Special..V 4.11e
NSC BURIAL ALLOWANCE TIME LIMITS..III 13.11
NURSING HOME ADDRESS..V 13.03c
O
OCCUPATIONAL AND MEDICAL HISTORY..VI 1.03g
OFFSET..IV 19.09, 22.04 thru 22.07, 22.09, 22.17, 22.18, 26.26
OMITTED FUTURES..V 6.01f
OPM AWARDS, INSURANCE BAR..IV 26.14
ORGANS OF SPECIAL SENSE..VI 7.09 thru 7.13
OSTEOARTHRITIS..VI 7.02d
OSTEOMYELITIS..VI 7.05
OUT-OF-SYSTEM AWARD..V 4.08
OUTGOING MAIL..II 1.10
OVERPAYMENTS (REPS)..IV 32.28
P
PAIRED ORGANS OR EXTREMITIES, SMC..IV 20.40, 20.44, 25.19; VI 7.67
PARENT
Imprisoned..IV 26.04
No longer dependent..IV 30.06
Through adoption..IV 13.04
DIC..IV 1.23
PARTIAL RATING DECISIONS..VI 3.52
PAY GRADE
Certification..III 2.13a(2)
Codes..V 18.10b(16)
General..IV 1.17, 20.14, 20.50c, 20.53c
PAYEES IN CERTAIN FOREIGN COUNTRIES..IV 37.04
PEACETIME POW DECISIONS..III 5.16d; IV 11.06
PENAL INSTITUTION ADDRESS..V 13.03c
PENDING
Appeal controls..IV 8.18
Claims at death..VI 5.24
Files..II 3.24
Issue establishment..II 1.03 thru 1.06; V 3.03
Issue file..I 3.05b
PENSION
Award prior to rating decision..3.07b
Effective dates..IV 1.12
History of..I 1.08
PERMANENT TRANSFER
Appeals..II 7.10
Folders..II 4.04, 4.05, 4.07 thru 4.12
PESO CASE CALCULATIONS..IV 34.19
PFOP..IV 18.29, 18.35, 27.24 thru 27.30, 27.43
PHILIPPINE
Cases..III 1.09d; IV 30.02, 34.01
Red Cross..IV 34.04
Scouts..IV 34.01, 34.05, 34.06, 34.08
PHLEBITIS..VI 7.21b
PHOTOCOPIES..III 1.05
PLOT/INTERMENT DISALLOWANCE..V 7.06
PMC
Processing..II 5.24, 5.25
Screen..II 1.05e
POLISH
Armed forces (38 U.S.C 109(C))..VI 4.16
Czech veterans cases..II 4.01a
POSITIVE TUBERCULIN REACTION..III 5.02; IV 23.05, 28.12
POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER
General..III 5.14; VI 7.46
SIRS..V 14.07d(14)
POSTAGE-PAID ENVELOPES..III 11.05
POSTDETERMINATION NOTICE..V 5.11
POSTHUMOUS AWARDS (ACCRUED)..IV 27.09
POW
Cases..III 5.16
Claims and rating requirements..VI 7.63
Disallowances..IV 28.12
Peacetime..III 5.16d
Protocol exam..IV 3.06a; VI 1.02c
Records..III 4.16
Status determinations..IV 11.06
Theater of internment (SIRS)..V 14.07d(11)
POWER OF ATTORNEY
After death..III 12.08, 12.28; IV 1.21
Codes..II 6.05d(14)
Effect of..III 12.05
Permanent transfer..III 12.13, 12.29
Revocation..III 12.17, 12.32
Temporary transfer..III 12.14, 12.30
Updating Target..III 12.12, 12.26
PRECEDENCE OF TITLE..IV 27.10
PREDETERMINATION NOTICE
Controls..IV 9.08
General..IV 9.02, 9.03, 9.07, 9.09, 9.11, 9.14; V 5.09
PREFERENCE FOR HOUSING..III 10.03
PREPAID BURIALS..III 13.23
PREPARATION
Death ratings..IV 32.11; VI 5.15 thru 5.18
Dental ratings (VA Forms 21-564d)..VI 6.07
Examination requests..VI 1.10
Ratings, general..VI 3.05
Reduction ratings (38 CFR 3.105(E))..VI 9.03
Requests for service records..III 4.08
PRESIDENTIAL PARDON..IV 36.17
PRESTABILIZATION RATINGS (38 CFR 4.28)..VI 10.01
PRESUMPTION OF DEATH AFTER 7 YEARS..IV 11.15, 11.16
PRESUMPTIVE SERVICE CONNECTION FOR RADIOGENIC DISEASES..III 5.11
PRIMARY EVIDENCE..III 1.04a, 6.05
PRIOR NET AWARD DATE..V 6.13
PROBABILITY OF A VALID CLAIM TO AUTHORIZE EXAM..VI 1.01c
PROBATIVE VALUE OF EVIDENCE..VI 2.10d
PROCESSING RESUME PAYMENTS..V 12.10
PROGRESSIVE MUSCULAR ATROPHY..VI 7.38
PROOF OF DEATH..III 6.07e; VI 5.09
PROPORTIONATE COMPUTATION OF INCOME..IV 16.15
PROPOSED REDUCTIONS AND TERMINATIONS (38 U.S.C 3.105)..VI 4.19
PROTECTED RATING (38 U.S.C. 110)..IV 3.09
PROTECTION..VI 9.02
PROXY MARRIAGES..III 6.10; IV 12.06
PSYCHIATRIC
Conditions, additional manifestations..VI 7.43
Conditions, gradual reductions in evaluations..VI 7.45
Nomenclature, changes in..VI 7.44
PSYCHOSIS, RATING FOR TREATMENT ELIGIBILITY (38 U.S.C 1702)..VI 4.09
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE AGENCIES..III 9.18
PYRAMIDING..VI 7.07
R
RADIOGENIC DISEASES..III 5.11
RAILROAD RETIREMENT
Act death benefits..IV 27.45
Board..III 9.13
Verification project..IV 31.15 thru 31.18
RATING BOARD
Authority..III 3.01
Determinations..III 3.01; IV 4.03
Reconsideration..VI 3.05d
Rotation..VI 2.03
RATING
Data..V 5.02; in disallowances..V 10.04
Decision as part of grant or disallowance letter..IV 28.04d
Decision on appeal..VI 3.55
Disabilities not shown by examination or evidence..VI 3.08
Insurance purposes..III 3.05
Paragraph 28, 29, 30..VI 10.01 thru 10.03
Required..IV 11.22, 20.11, 25.08g, 26.03, 26.12c, 32.10
Schedule issuance..VI 2.15
Special purposes..III 3.03
State bonus or tax exemption..VI 4.04
Target entry..VI 3.02
RDPC LETTER GENERATION..V 23.01
READJUSTMENT PAY..III 2.10; IV 20.02c, 20.31, 20.33, 20.34, 20.38
REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY..IV 16.12, 16.19, 16.40
REASON CODES..V 5.04b(5), 6.05, 15.01d
REASONABLE
Doubt rule..III 101.1
Probability..III 3.07a(2)
RECALL OF FOLDERS FROM RPC..II 5.19
RECHARGE OF FOLDERS..II 3.12
RECOGNITION OF ADOPTED CHILD..III 6.20
RECONCILIATION OF DIAGNOSIS..VI 1.03b
RECONSIDERATION BY RATING BOARD..VI 3.05d
RECORD PURPOSE AWARDS..IV 25.04; V 4.06, 16.02h(4)
REDUCTION
Due to hospital admission..IV 18.12, 18.13, 18.36
Evaluation..IV 9.18, 9.19, 25.03; VI 9.01
SC total disability..VI 9.08
Under 38 CFR 3.551..IV 21.08
Under 38 CFR 3.500(b)(2)..IV 9.17
REDUNDANT AND HIGHLY REPETITIOUS LETTERS..III 11.04
REFERRAL TO RATING BOARD..III 3.07, 5.24
REHABILITATION AND EDUCATION FOLDERS..II 2.03e
RELATIONSHIP
Biological parent..IV 13.03
Children..III 6.18, 6.19
Parent..IV 13.02
RELEASE
Imprisoned child..IV 26.04
Information denied - Privacy Act..IV 28.13
Records to SSA..III 9.07
REMANDED APPEALS..IV 8.40, 38.03
REMARRIAGE OF SURVIVING SPOUSE..IV 26.07
REMOVING INCOME OF DEPENDENTS..IV 16.29
RENOVATION OF FOLDERS..II 3.20
REOPENED CLAIMS..IV 2.01
REPS