Veteran Service Officer (VSO) Exam Questions and
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VBM - Answers Veterans Benefit Manual
An Advocates 1st Rule? - Answers Do no harm
What document is required to represent a Veteran? - Answers Power of Attorney(POA)
Can there be more than one POA active at any given time? - Answers No, there cannot be
more than one POA active at the same time
BVA - Answers Board of Veterans Appeals
How many regional offices are there nationally? - Answers 58
VA has a duel role when it comes to claims, those are? - Answers 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?" - Answers By presenting new
and material evidence
What is new evidence? - Answers Evidence that has not already been submitted to the VA
What is material evidence? - Answers Evidence that helps prove a previously unproven fact
When can the VA deny a claim? - Answers If the weight of the evidence is (more than half)
against the claim
, Duty to Assist - Answers VA has the duty to assist claimants who submit a reasonably possible
claim in developing evidence to support their claims
What helps makes an advocates claim successful - Answers Present reasons why the benefit
should be granted and cite appropriate statues and regulations using the VA's adjudication
procedures manual (M21-1MR).
M21-1MR - Answers VA's Adjudication Procedures Manual
What are the 3 elements of a disability compensation claim? - Answers 1. Veteran must
currently suffer a disability or have suffered from disability since the claim was filed 2. Must be
some incident in service that could have caused the condition and 3. There must be some way
of linking that current condition to that incident.
3 Departments of the VA - Answers Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Veterans Health
Administration (VHA), Central VA Office (VACO): national Cemetery, General Counsel, Office of
Inspector General.
DRO - Answers Decision Review Officer
What is a review "de novo" - Answers 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? - Answers 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? - Answers 8
answers Newest RATED A+ 2025/2026 RATED A+ NEW!!
VBM - Answers Veterans Benefit Manual
An Advocates 1st Rule? - Answers Do no harm
What document is required to represent a Veteran? - Answers Power of Attorney(POA)
Can there be more than one POA active at any given time? - Answers No, there cannot be
more than one POA active at the same time
BVA - Answers Board of Veterans Appeals
How many regional offices are there nationally? - Answers 58
VA has a duel role when it comes to claims, those are? - Answers 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?" - Answers By presenting new
and material evidence
What is new evidence? - Answers Evidence that has not already been submitted to the VA
What is material evidence? - Answers Evidence that helps prove a previously unproven fact
When can the VA deny a claim? - Answers If the weight of the evidence is (more than half)
against the claim
, Duty to Assist - Answers VA has the duty to assist claimants who submit a reasonably possible
claim in developing evidence to support their claims
What helps makes an advocates claim successful - Answers Present reasons why the benefit
should be granted and cite appropriate statues and regulations using the VA's adjudication
procedures manual (M21-1MR).
M21-1MR - Answers VA's Adjudication Procedures Manual
What are the 3 elements of a disability compensation claim? - Answers 1. Veteran must
currently suffer a disability or have suffered from disability since the claim was filed 2. Must be
some incident in service that could have caused the condition and 3. There must be some way
of linking that current condition to that incident.
3 Departments of the VA - Answers Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Veterans Health
Administration (VHA), Central VA Office (VACO): national Cemetery, General Counsel, Office of
Inspector General.
DRO - Answers Decision Review Officer
What is a review "de novo" - Answers 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? - Answers 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? - Answers 8
