Va's Simple Notification Letter - (Snl's) Jan 2012

[carlie]

Here's another link with info:

http://www.purpleheart.org/ServiceProgram/Training2012/2-S-2%20VA%20Updates%20B.pdf

[donna68]

Carlie,

FYI-I belive that the new SNL system rolled out in Janaury and many RO's starting using it in February. I know that San Diego started in February. Since then there have been some changes already. The evaluation builder print out the power point you posted refers to is no longer provided to the veteran. Instead the information the evaluation builder generates is cut and pasted into the rating decision in RBA. Also the Reason for Decision is stil included in the "hybrid" rating decisions, which are the rating decisions that use the new evaluation builder type of decision and a traditional decision. It appears that incorporating the evaluation builder is one step closer to ensuring rating decisions and evaluations are more consistant and it minimizes the raters ability to assign an evaluation based on something other than facts and the evidence at hand.