VETERAN SERVICE OFFICER (VSO) EXAM 2024 WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS

VETERAN SERVICE OFFICER (VSO) EXAM 2024 WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS VBM Correct Answer: Veterans Benefit Manual 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. Are Veterans automatically entitled to VA healthcare? Correct Answer: No, VA medical care is principally directed toward treating medical problems related to Veteran's military service and toward helping some low income Veterans. How many Priority Groups are there? Correct Answer: 8 Which statute governs Veterans Benefits Correct Answer: Title 38 of the United States Code (Title 38 U.S.C) Which regulations are written by the VA and used to carry out the laws written by congress? Correct Answer: Title 38 Code of Federal Regulations (Title 38 C.F.R.) How many and what are the types of discharges? Correct Answer: 1. Honorable 2. General, Under Honorable 3. Under other than Honorable(UOTH), undesirable 4. Bad conduct 5. Dishonorable Name the 2 entities Veterans may utilize to request a discharge upgrade Correct Answer: Discharge Review Board (DRB) & Board for the Correction of Military Records (BCRM) Willful Misconduct Correct Answer: Deliberate or intentional wrongdoing with knowledge of or wanton disregard of its probable consequences. As of 9/8/1990 what is the length-of-service requirement? Correct Answer: A Veteran must have completed a minimum period of service either 24 months of continuous active duty or full period for which the Veteran was called or ordered to active duty. Family Members Eligibility Correct Answer: Usually family members are not entitled to receive benefits in their own right if the Veteran is alive. If the Veteran is deceased, some surviving family members of the Veteran may be entitled to certain VA death benefits. What benefits might surviving family members be eligible for? Correct Answer: CHAMPVA, burial benefits, VA home loan guaranty, Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) or non-service connected death pension. Service Connected Disability Compensation Correct Answer: A monthly disability compensation awarded to a Veteran who suffers from a disabling condition that was incurred in or aggravated by service. Non-Service Connected Disability Pension Correct Answer: Must; Demonstrate financial need, be totally and permanently disabled, served at least 90 consecutive days of active duty at least one of those days during a period of war or at least one day of wartime service that resulted in a discharge for service-connected disability or have served 90 days or more in more than one period of war and discharged other than dishonorable. 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