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NOTE: VA_Fast_Letter_09-26.pdf DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS Veterans Benefits Administration Washington, D.C. 20420 June 5, 2009 Director (00/21) All VA Regional Offices In Reply Refer To: 216A Fast Letter 09-26 SUBJ: Revised Fiduciary Accounting Requirements Background Information 38 U.S.C. 5502 and 38 CFR 13.100 require VA to supervise the fiduciaries appointed to manage the estates of incompetent beneficiaries. Public Law 108-454 increases VA's fiduciary oversight responsibility and imposes penalties on VA for cases of misuse of funds where a lack of appropriate supervision of the fid…
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VA_Fast_Letter_09-27.pdf NOTE: DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS Veterans Benefits Administration Washington, D.C. 20420 June 5, 2009 Director (00/21) All VA Regional Offices and Centers In Reply Refer to: 211D Fast Letter 09-27 SUBJ: Final rule: Presumptive Service Connection for AL Amyloidosis Purpose A final rulemaking amending 38 CFR 3.309(e) by adding AL amyloidosis to the list of presumptive diseases associated with exposure to certain herbicide agents was published in the Federal Register on May 7, 2009, at 74 FR 21258.
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NOTE: VA_Fast_Letter_09-28.pdf DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS Veterans Benefits Administration Washington, D.C. 20420 June 18, 2009 Director (00/21) All VA Regional Offices and Centers In Reply Refer to: 212A Fast Letter 09-28 SUBJ: Benefit Summary and Tax Abatement Letters Purpose The purpose of this letter is to inform regional offices (ROs) of the new process for providing benefit summary letters for veterans and survivors. These letters inform beneficiaries of their current benefit status and provide one document that can be used for multiple purposes. The beneficiary can use this lett…
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NOTE: VA_Fast_Letter_09-33.pdf DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS Veterans Benefits Administration Washington, D.C. 20420 July 22, 2009 Director (00/21) All VA Regional Offices and Centers In Reply Refer To: 211B Fast Letter 09-33 SUBJ: Special Monthly Compensation at the Statutory Housebound Rate This letter provides guidance for adjudicating claims involving entitlement to special monthly compensation (SMC) at the housebound rate based on a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (CAVC or Court) inBradley v Peake.
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NOTE: VA_Fast_Letter_09-38.pdf DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS Veterans Benefits Administration Washington, D.C. 20420 September 29, 2009 Director (00/21) All VA Regional Offices and Centers Fast Letter 09-38 Subject: Reporting Violations of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act Purpose This letter provides guidance for field personnel who may encounter violations of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act. Background The Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act of 1993, Public Law 103-159 (the Brady Act), prohibits the sale of firearms to ineligible persons. Section 922(g)(…
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NOTE: VA_Fast_Letter_09-41.pdf DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS Veterans Benefits Administration Washington, D.C. 20420 October 16, 2009 Director (00/21) VA Regional Offices and Centers Fast Letter: 09-41 SUBJ: Revised Procedures for Releasing Monthly Benefits with Proposal of Incompetency Purpose This letter provides revised procedures for the release of monthly benefits to a beneficiary when incompetency has been proposed. Background Historically, VA has withheld benefits payable to a beneficiary while competency is considered, and during the period required to appoi…
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS Veterans Benefits Administration Washington, D.C. 20420 VA_Fast_Letter_09-50.pdf November 19, 2009 Director (00/21) All VA Regional Offices and Centers In Reply Refer to: 211A Fast Letter 09-50 SUBJ: Procedures for handling disability claims based on herbicide exposure for hairy cell and other B-cell leukemias, Parkinson's disease, and ischemic heart disease. Purpose On October 13, 2009, Secretary Shinseki announced that hairy cell and other B-cell leukemias, Parkinson's disease, and ischemic heart disease will be added to the list of diseases presumptively associated with exposure…
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NOTE: Since I had to work without an original for this letter, some paragraphing may be different from the original. All information is there, just maybe presented different. The enclosed form is probably not formatted like the original, but the information, again, is all there. VA_Fast_Letter_09-52.pdf DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS Veterans Benefits Administration Washington, D.C. 20420 December 9, 2009 Director (00/21) All VA Regional Offices and Centers In Reply Refer To: 212 Fast Letter 09-52 SUBJ: Verification of Participation in "Special Operations" Incidents Purpose This fa…
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NOTE: VA_Fast_Letter_10-02.pdf DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS Veterans Benefits Administration Washington, D.C. 20420 January 6, 2010 Director (00/21) All VA Regional Offices and Centers In Reply Refer To: 211B Fast Letter 10-02 SUBJ: Implementation of Board of Veterans' Appeals Decisions Purpose This fast letter provides clarification of the existing procedural guidance for implementation of Board of Veterans' Appeals Decisions. The instructions provided in this fast letter supersede all prior guidance on this issue.
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NOTE: VA_Fast_Letter_10-03.pdf DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS Veterans Benefits Administration Washington, D.C. 20420 January 7, 2010 Director (00/21) All VA Regional Offices and Centers In Reply Refer To: 212A Fast Letter 10-03 SUBJ: Chapter 35 Benefits for Dependents of Servicemembers This letter contains guidance for the development and processing of claims for Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA/ chapter 35 benefits) under Public Law 109-461. Background Public law 109-461, section 301 allows the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to pay DEA benefits to dependents of severely di…
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NOTE: VA_Fast_Letter_10-04.pdf DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS Veterans Benefits Administration Washington, D.C. 20420 January 11, 2010 Director (00/21) All VA Regional Offices and Centers In Reply Refer to: 211D Fast Letter 10-04 SUBJ: Final rule: Presumptive Service Connection for Former Prisoners of War (FPOWs) Background On October 8, 2008, the Under Secretary for Health advised the Secretary that ''there is at least limited/suggestive evidence that an increased risk of osteoporosis is associated with service involving detention or internment as a POW'' and recommended establishing a presumption …
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NOTE: VA_Fast_Letter_10-22.pdf DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS Veterans Benefits Administration Washington, D.C. 20420 June 15, 2010 Director (00/21) VA Regional Offices In Reply Refer To: 212 Fast Letter 10-22 SUBJ: Fully Developed Claim Program Purpose This letter provides information and guidance on the implementation of the Fully Developed Claim (FDC) Program to process claims meeting FDC Criteria within a 90-day timeframe. This letter rescinds Fast Letter (FL) 08-48 and FL 10-16.
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