ࡱ> ܥhW eלfp2RP(/.X=O\ -@8>Q 6%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 MAIL 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 Awards..IV 32.03, 32.29 Disallowances..IV 32.17, 32.30 Eligibility..IV 32.04, 32.07, 32.12 Outreach letter..IV 32.14 REPORTS OF CASUALTY..III 4.03a REPRESENTATION Individuals..III 12.03 Law students, legal interns, paralegals..III 12.22 REQUESTS FOR Claims folders by VHA..VI 1.01g Evidence regarding acute disabilities..III 5.04 VA examination by authorization..III 5.19 RESPIRATORY SYSTEM..VI 7.15 thru 7.19 RESPONSIBILITIES OF RATING SPECIALISTS..VI 2.04 RESTORATION Benefits..IV 2.08 Competency..IV 15.08 Competency consideration on release to or from non-bed care..VI 11.01h RESTRICTED RECORDS..II 3.04 RESUMPTION OF BENEFITS..V 12.07 thru 12.10 RETIREMENT Health benefits..IV 31.11 Pay..III 2.09 RETURNED CLOTHING ALLOWANCE CHECKS..V 11.07 REVERSAL Administrative decision..VI 9.19 Clear & unmistakable error (38 CFR 3.105(A))..VI 9.17 REVOCATION OF POWER OF ATTORNEY..III 12.17, 12.32 RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE..VI 7.20d-f RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS..VI 7.02a RIGHT OF Appeal..IV 8.04 Election..IV 20.05, 20.07 thru 20.09, 20.20, 20.46, 20.53, 20.60 RPC MAIL..II 1.10d S SBP Discontinuance certificate..III 10.08 General..IV 1.18, 26.24, 26.25 SCHEDULE OF OPERATIONS..V 1.05 SEARCH ACTIVITIES..II 1.10c, 3.07 SECONDARY EVIDENCE..III 1.04b, 6.05 SEGREGATED FOLDERS..II 3.16 SEPARATE RATING DECISIONS REQUIRED FOR UNRELATED ISSUES..VI 5.20 SEPARATION Employee-veteran..III 2.07f Pay..III 2.09; IV 20.31 SEQUENCE CHECKING..II 3.06 SERVICE Academy appointments..III 10.04 Connected death burial allowance time limits..III 13.34 Connection - direct or presumptive..VI 7.59 Connection for cause of death..VI 5.04 Dental records..VI 6.03 Department - allowance, allotment, service pay..IV 26.18 thru 26.23 Incurrence determinations..VI 7.01 Medical records..III 5.01; V 17.04 Organization review of ratings..VI 2.13 Organizations..III 12.01 SEVERANCE After veterans death..VI 9.18 Approval by AO..VI 9.12 Pay..IV 20.02, 20.31, 20.33, 20.34, 20.39 Proposal, rating preparation..VI 9.14 Service connection..IV 9.20, 25.02, 25.06; VI 9.11 thru 9.16 Service connection for cause of death..VI 5.06 Service connection for dental conditions..VI 6.09 SEXUAL ASSAULT, HARRASSMENT, RAPE..VI 7.70 SICKLE CELL DISEASE..VI 7.31 SIGNATURE Claimant..III 2.01d; IV 6.07, 29.02d Examining physician..VI 1.03d-e Rating decisions..VI 2.05 SIMULTANEOUS AWARD ADJUSTMENTS..IV 24.01 thru 24.05 SIRS Processing..V 14.01 thru 14.08; VI 3.04 Confirmed and death ratings..V 14.08 Master record..V 14.01 SKIN..VI 7.32 SOC PREPARATION..IV 8.09 SOCIAL SECURITY Benefits..IV 16.02, 20.66 thru 20.76, 27.47 Number disclosure..III 7.03 Numbers..IV 29.07 Rate, VA computed..IV 31.03 Verification match..IV 31.02, 31.35 thru 31.41 SOCIAL SURVEYS..VI 1.09a SOURCE OF RADIATION (SIRS)..V 14.07d(12) SPANISH NAMES..V 16.02h(4) SPECIAL Act awards..IV 37.01 Allowance 38 U.S.C. 1312(a)..IV 33.01, 33.03, 33.06 Allowance jurisdiction..IV 33.08 Conditions screen..V 5.08 Disallowances..IV 28.12 Handling..V 4.08 Home adaptation grant..IV 23.07; VI 4.12 Issue categories..V 14.07d(7) Law code 06..IV 21.06, 26.25d Law code 08..IV 26.25d Law codes 14 and 18..IV 16.16c, 16.25 Law codes..IV 22.08, 22.18; V 5.08b(22), 6.09 Letter attachments..V 9.02s Mail..III 11.03 Monthly compensation..VI 8.05 thru 8.20 Monthly compensation and loss codes..VI 3.47 Monthly pension..IV 4.03b; VI 8.01 thru 8.04 Notifications..V 4.11e Processing functions..V 3.01h Provision codes..V 18.11b; VI 3.35 Restorative training..IV 15.10 Separation benefit..IV 20.39.1 Upgraded discharges..IV 11.01 SPECIALIST EXAMINATIONS..VI 1.02b SPECIALLY ADAPTED HOUSING General..IV 1.04, 23.07; VI 4.12 Examinations..VI 4.12b SPECIFIC Death awards..IV 26.01 Types of income..III 7.05 SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX..VI 7.19 SSA Leads program..III 9.11 Program Service Center and District Office addresses..III 9.02 Survivor's benefits claims..III 2.14 ST ELIZABETH'S HOSPITAL..IV 25.17 STATEMENT OF THE CASE General..II 7.03; IV 8.09 Nondisclosure..IV 8.11 STATIC DISABILITIES..IV 25.05 STATUTORY BAR..IV 11.01 STEPCHILD..III 6.21; IV 12.17 STOP AND SUSPEND ACTIONS..V 12.03 SUBMISSION FOR EXTRA-SCHEDULAR CONSIDERATION..VI 3.09 SUBSEQUENT Death rating decisions..VI 5.22 Dental ratings..VI 6.07 SUBSTANTIVE APPEAL General..IV 8.15 thru 8.17 New issues raised..IV 8.20 SUPERVISED DIRECT PAYMENT..IV 17.17 SUPERVISION OF RATING BOARD..VI 2.02 SUPPLEMENTAL Service medical records..IV 3.03 Statement of the case..IV 8.12 thru 8.14 SURGEON GENERAL EXTRACTS..III 4.05 SURGICAL RATINGS (38 CFR 4.30)..VI 10.03 SURVIVING SPOUSE Election..IV 20.46, 20.56 Imprisoned..IV 26.04 SUSPENSE DATES..V 16.02h(14) SUSPENSION OF PAYMENTS..V 12.02, 12.04 SYSTEM UPDATES..V 3.01e SYSTEMIC CONDITIONS..VI 7.14 T TARGET Automatic EPC suspense dates..II 1.07b Commands..II 1.04; V 3.02 Control of issues..V 16.01 Generated letters..V 4.11, 17.09 thru 17.11 System..V 1.02 TAX Exemption (retired pay cases)..IV 21.06d General..IV 27.40 TDRL..IV 21.02, 21.03 TEETH NUMBERING..VI 6.03c TEMPORARY Files..II 3.25 Transfer of folders..II 4.13 thru 4.15, 4.17; IV 37.02 TERMINATION Pension, A&A or housebound (38 CFR 3.105(F))..VI 9.09 Remarriage..IV 2.08 Reason code..V 12.06b TESTAMENTARY CAPACITY FOR INSURANCE PURPOSES..VI 5.19b TESTIMONY UNDER OATH OR PROPERLY CERTIFIED..VI 2.10e THIRD Digit modifiers..II 1.05a Party information..IV 9.07 THREE-SIGNATURE AWARDS..V 9.01b THYROID CONDITIONS..VI 7.35 TIME LIMITS Accrued..IV 27.12 EVR amended information..IV 29.07e TORT CLAIMS..IV 22.04 TOTAL DISABILITY INCOME PROVISION..IV 31.28 thru 31.34 TRANSACTION CODES..V 1.03, 4.03b, 9.02 TRANSFER Between medical institutions..IV 18.09 Court of Veterans Appeals review cases..II 4.18 Dual benefit cases..II 4.12 Employee-veteran records..II 4.07 TRANSLATION OF FOREIGN DOCUMENTS..III 1.11, 11.16 TRANSPORTATION ALLOWANCE Payments..III 13.79 Time limits..III 13.78 TRANSSEXUAL MARRIAGES..IV 12.07 TRAUMATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY..VI 7.39 TRAVELTIME..III 2.08c TREASURY DEPARTMENT Awards..IV 37.05 List..III 1.12, 11.13 TRIBAL MARRIAGES..III 6.09; IV 12.05 TRIENNIAL VERIFICATION PROGRAM..IV 30.01 TROPICAL DISEASES..III 5.05; VI 7.14 TUBERCULOSIS Awards, graduated..IV 25.10 Disallowances..IV 28.12 General..VI 7.16, 7.17 TWO-PARENT CASES..IV 20.58, 20.59 TYPE Award actions..V 4.03 Withholding..V 6.11 U UNCLAIMED REMAINS..III 13.08b, 13.25 UNEMPLOYABILITY Compensation cases..VI 7.52 thru 7.58 Compensation (ex-servicemembers)..III 9.22 Development..III 5.20 Pension cases..VI 7.47 thru 7.51 UNKNOWN REMAINS..II 5.32, 5.33 UNNECESSARY Correspondence..III 11.08 Examinations, cancellation..VI 1.07 UNSIGNED APPLICATIONS..III 2.01f; IV 6.09 U.S. Code..I 3.02 Court of Veterans Appeals..I 1.03 Soldiers' and Airmens' Home..IV 25.16 V VA FORM 1-646..IV 8.23 thru 8.26 10-7131..IV 23.02, 23.05; as admission notice..IV 18.02 10-7132..IV 18.08 21-4180..IV 33.04, 33.07 21-509..IV 30.02 thru 30.04, 30.08 21-592..IV 17.01, 17.12, 17.18 21-8960..IV 14.03 VA Dental examination..VI 6.04 Examination requests by authorization..III 5.19 Examination requirement..IV 38.03b; VI 1.01a DOD/DOT reconciliation..IV 21.11 Central Office..I 1.05 Regional office..I 1.06 VALID MARRIAGE..IV 12.03a, 12.08 VARICOSE VEINS..VI 7.21 VERIFICATION School attendance..IV 14.01d, 14.03, 32.26 Service..II 5.20; III 2.08; IV 10.04 SS amounts..IV 31.04 VETERAN Bureau of..I 1.01 Disappeared..IV 25.15 Status..IV 10.01 Married-to-veteran claims..IV 9.25, 25.20 U.S. Soldiers' Home..IV 25.16 VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION General..IV 1.04, 1.11, 2.05, 3.08, 23.09, 23.10 Memorandum ratings..IV 23.09g; VI 4.05 Notification of severance..IV 25.02g VOID MARRIAGE..III 6.07h; IV 12.03e, 12.14d, 12.19 VOLUNTARY SEPARATION INCENTIVE..IV 20.39.1 W W00 SCREEN..V 22.04 W10 SCREEN..V 22.05 W20 SCREEN..V 22.06 W30 SCREEN..V 22.07 W40 SCREEN..V 22.08 W50 SCREEN..V 22.09 W60 SCREEN..V 22.10 W70 SCREEN..V 22.11 W80 SCREEN..V 22.12 WAIVER Forms..IV 21.07 Benefits (Reserve training)..IV 20.21 thru 20.28 Incompetents retired pay..IV 21.04 Insurance premiums..IV 20.49 Requests..IV 9.15 Retired pay..IV 21.02, 21.07, 21.09, 21.10, 25.03c Retirement income..IV 16.09e, 16.17 WHEREABOUTS UNKNOWN..IV 29.02 WILLFUL MISCONDUCT General..IV 11.04 Development..III 5.23 WIPP Procedures..V 22.03 Screens..V 22.02 WITHDRAWAL OF APPEAL..IV 8.27 thru 8.30 WITHHOLDING Apportionments..IV 19.05b Offset..V 6.11 WRO JURISDICTION..II 4.01c, 4.02c WRONGFUL AND INTENTIONAL KILLING..IV 11.09, 11.10 X XC-FOLDER ESTABLISHMENT..II 3.17 X-RAY INTERPRETATION REQUESTS..VI 7.188 M21-1, Part I August 23, 1993 Change 16 August 23, 1993 M21-1, Part I Change 16 I-PAGE4 I-PAGE3 /=!$'[xit#, 8 _ z < [ t  3 : - 8 H S e  KV6BR Uk}%2y]U]cbq|+6Wfw39BU`c".<i-4@FOexb~:GM* D O b o !!4!A!G!!!!!6"U]]c6"B"""""#8#C#S#_#g######$ $:$X$m$$$$$$$$ %%'%%&&&:&E&K&&&'8'J'd'p'''''' (8(B(E(F(P(a(v(((((((* ++++P+e+{++++++++,7,I,P,-)-[-e-=.J...////00 0.0Z0]0]U]c]0-1B1Y1i1~1111e3n3333 44"4}4444444455%505`5d5o5x55556@6C6D6]6r66666677S8[8Y9s9999999':7:H:S::::::::; 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