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VA Training & Fast letters, Directives, Regulations, Other Guidance Documents
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NOTE: . VA_Training_Letter_07-01.pdfTraining Letter 07-01 Training Letter 07-01 Total Disability Ratings Based on Individual Unemployability (IU) --------------------------------------------- Training Letter 07-01 Total Disability Ratings Based on Individual Unemployability (IU) Benefits granted under the VA rating schedule are intended to compensate veterans for the average impairment in earning capacity that results from service-connected disease or injury. IU is a special additional benefit to address the truly unique disability picture of a veteran who is unemployable due to service-connected disability, but for whom the applica…
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NOTE: VA_Training_Letter_07-04.pdf July 5, 2007 All VA Regional Offices and Centers In Reply Director (00/21) Director (00/21) Training Letter 07-04 All VA Regional Offices and Centers In Reply Refer To: 211 Training Letter 07-04 SUBJ: Medical Consequences of Diving Purpose The purpose of this training letter is to provide information on the disabilities that may result from diving. We want to ensure that VA decision makers are informed of the medical consequences of diving so that claims from veterans who were divers in service are properly developed and adjudicated.
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NOTE: VA_Training_Letter_09-01.pdf Taken from Compilation of PDA Guidance and Policies Current as of 25 MAR 2010 VA Training Letter: TBI Rule with discussion on when mental disorders (including PTSD) may be separately rated. January 21, 2009 Director (00/21) In Reply Refer To: 211D All VA Regional Offices Training Letter 09-01 SUBJ: Evaluating Residuals of Traumatic Brain Injury under Revised Criteria BACKGROUND INFORMATION TL 06-03, titled "Traumatic Brain Injury," was issued in February 2006. It provided extensive medical information about the causes of traumatic brain injury (TBI), especially as relate…
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NOTE: VA_Training_Letter_10-01.pdf Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Benefits Administration Washington, D.C. 20420 February 4, 2010 Director (00/21) In Reply Refer To: 211A All VA Regional Offices Training Letter 10-01 SUBJ: Adjudicating Claims Based on Service in the Gulf War and Southwest Asia Purpose Compensation and Pension (C&P) Service is providing the following information and guidelines in order to promote regional office awareness, consistency, and fairness in the handling of disability claims from Veterans with service in Southwest Asia.
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VA_Training_Letter_10-03.pdf NOTE: Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Benefits Administration Washington, D.C. 20420 April 26, 2010 Director (00/21) All VA Regional Offices In Reply Refer To: 211AA Training Letter 10-03 SUBJ: Environmental Hazards in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Other Military Installations Purpose This training letter will serve three main purposes. First, it will inform regional office employees on specific environmental hazard incidents that present potential health risks to service members and Veterans. Second, it provides guidance on handling…
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Training Letter 10-04.pdf NOTE: DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS Veterans Benefits Administration Washington, DC 20420 June 14, 2010 Director (00/21) In Reply Refer To: 211A All VA Regional Offices Training Letter 10-04 SUBJ: Training Guide for the readjudication of Claims for IschemicHeart Disease (IHD), Parkinson‟sDisease (PD), Hairy Cell Leukemia (HCL) and other Chronic B-cell Leukemias, andother Diseases Under Nehmer BACKGROUND INFORMATION On October 13th, 2009, SecretaryShinseki announced his intent to establish presumptive service connection forIHD, PD, and HCL for Veterans who served in the…
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NOTE: This is an extremely long document, especially after I finished converting it. I have tried to make it easier for you by doing the following… Formatting is different from the original to a certain extent. I have left the Table of Contents with its page numbers. I have also inserted these same page numbers within the document to make it easier to locate specific points of interest. Since this is an extremely long document, the page numbers seemed vital to keep. I also am not going through and re-underlining or bolding again. It is too much work. I figure the document is all I have time to work right now. At least it is available. Sor…
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Eventually, this topic will actually hold this revision. At the moment Tbird and I are unable to make the connection to get it done. Until we can, here is the link to the VBN topic which has the actual document link as well as my input. I have broken the document into sections and also included the major changes I discovered for each section. It might make it easier for those of you interested in reading. here is the link: http://vets.yuku.com...SON-S-LEUKEMIAS Again, this document will eventually be posted in here as all the others are. What I have done is simply a stopgap until Tbird and I can work on it. fanaticbooks
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NOTE: VA_Training_Letter_10-06.pdf Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Benefits Administration Washington, D.C. 20420 All VA Regional Offices Training Letter 10-06 SUBJ: Adjudicating Disability Claims Based on Herbicide Exposure from U.S. Navy and Coast Guard Veterans of the Vietnam Era Purpose The Compensation and Pension (C&P) Service is providing the following information and guidelines in order to promote regional office awareness, consistency, and fairness in the processing of disability claims based on herbicide exposure from Veterans with service in the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard during the Vietnam er…
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NOTE: VA_Training_Letter_10-07.pdf DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS Veterans Benefits Administration Washington, D.C. 20420 September 14, 2010 Director (00/21) In Reply Refer To: 211B All VA Regional Offices Training Letter 10-07 SUBJ: Adjudication of Claims for Total Disability Based on Individual Unemployability (TDIU) PURPOSE Our purpose in issuing this training letter is to revise and clarify our policies and procedures concerning the adjudication of TDIU decisions in order to restore the original intention of the TDIU evaluation – accurately, timely, and adequately compensating our Veterans who are una…
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To anyone visiting.... This is a work in progress. It will take a little while since I have a WHOLE BUNCH to input. Keep checking back to see what is happening. I will be posting an Index so specific letters should be easier to find. Have patience. :)
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NOTE: VHA Directive 2000-029.pdf Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Washington, DC 20420 September 22, 2000 VHA DIRECTIVE 2000-029 PROVISION OF MEDICAL OPINIONS BY VA HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONERS 1. PURPOSE: This Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Directive establishes nationwide policy requiring VHA health care providers, when requested, and under certain limited circumstances, to provide descriptive statements and opinions for Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) patients with respect to patients' medical condition, employability, and degree of disability.
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