Temporary 100 Percent Disability Evaluations

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*** Temporary 100 percent disability evaluations :

At the end of a mandated period of

convalescence or treatment, VARO staff must request a follow-up medical

examination to help determine whether to continue the veteran’s 100 percent

disability evaluation.

For temporary 100 percent disability evaluations, including confirmed and

continued evaluations where rating decisions do not change veterans’

payment amounts, VSC staff must input suspense diaries in VBA’s

electronic system. A suspense diary is a processing command that

establishes a date when VSC staff must schedule a reexamination. As a

suspense diary matures, the electronic system generates a reminder

notification to alert VSC staff to schedule the reexamination.

In September 2011, VBA

provided each VARO with a list of temporary 100 percent disability

evaluations for review. VBA directed each VARO to complete the review

by the end of March 2012. As such, we made no specific recommendation

for this VARO. To assist in implementing the agreed upon review, we

provided the VARO with 1,645 claims remaining from our universe of

1,675 temporary 100 percent disability evaluations.

More Info :

http://www.va.gov/oig/pubs/VAOIG-11-04243-86.pdf