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Part 5. Pension and Parents' Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC)
Subpart I - Eligibility and Development	Updated
Chapter 1 - Overview of Eligibility and Development Requirements for Pension and Parents' Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) Table of Contents	6/6/11 6/6/11
Chapter 2 - Original Disability Pension Claims	3/5/09
Table of Contents	3/5/09
Chapter 3 - Income and Net Worth Development
Table of Contents	6/6/11
Section A - General Information on Income and Net Worth Development	6/6/11
Section B - Income and Net Worth Development Forms and Acceptable Statements	12/13/05
Section C - Income Development	6/6/11
Section D - Reduction of Income Due to Unreimbursed Expenses	12/13/05
Section E - Social Security Number (SSN) Development	6/6/11

Changes

12/13/05

3/5/09

06/6/11


Subpart II - Rating
Chapter 1 - Live Pension Rating
Table of Contents	12/13/05
Section A - Requirements for Live Pension Ratings	12/13/05
Section B - Determining Disability, Unemployability, and Marginal Employment	12/13/05
Chapter 2 - Death Pension Rating	12/13/05
Table of Contents	12/13/05
Chapter 3 - Special Monthly Pension (SMP) Ratings	12/13/05
Table of Contents	12/13/05

Changes

12/13/05

Subpart III - Authorization issues
Chapter 1 - The Effect of Income and New Worth on Pension and Parents Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC)
Table of Contents	9/27/11
Section A - General Information on the Effect Income and Net Worth Have on Pension and Parents DIC	5/20/11
Section B - Social security Administration (SSA) Benefits Program	5/20/11
Section C - Section 306 Pension and Old Law Pension	9/27/11
Section D - Parents DIC	9/27/11
Section E - Improved Pension - Basic Rate Determination	9/27/11
Section F - Inproved Pension - Dependents	9/27/11
Section G - Improved Pension - Deductible Expenses	9/27/11
Section H - Improved Pension - Adjustments based on Changes in Status	5/20/11
Section I - Improved Pension - Counting Specigic Types of Income	9/27/11
Section J - Net Worth	2/13/07
Chapter 2 - Aid and Attendance and Housebound Status Under 38 CFR 3.351
Table of Contents	5/14/07
Section A - General Information on Requirements for Aid and Attendance (A&A) and Housebound Status Under 38 CFR 3.351	5/14/07
Section B - A&A Status for Beneficiaries Who Are Patients in a Qualified Nursing Home	5/20/11
Chapter 3 - Pension Reductions for Medicaid-Covered Nursing Facility Care	1/10/12
Table of Contents	5/20/11
Chapter 4 - Pension Adjustments in Unusual Situations	5/20/11
Table of Contents	5/14/07
Chapter 5 - Elections Between Pension Programs	5/14/07
Table of Contents	5/14/07
Chapter 6 - Department of Defense (DoD) Survivor Annuities and Their Relationship to VA Death Pension and Parents’ Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC),	5/14/07
Table of Contents	5/14/07
Chapter 7 - Eligibility Verification Reports (EVRs)
Table of Contents	9/21/06
Section A - EVR Selection Procedures	5/20/11
Section B - Initial Stages of EVR Processing	9/21/06
Section C - Second Stage EVR Processing by Veteran's Service Representative (VSRs)	5/20/11
Section D - EVR Terminations and Related Issues	9/21/06
Section E - Miscellaneous EVR Issues	9/21/06

Changes

5/20/11

9/27/11

1/10/12


Subpart IV - Organization of the Pension Maintenance Centers
Chapter 1 - Organization of the Pension Maintenance Centers (PMCs),	5/25/05
Table of Contents	3/22/04
Chapter 2 - Pension Maintenance Center (PMC) Procedures	5/25/05
Table of Contents	3/22/04

Changes

M21-1MR

Part 5. Pension and Parents' Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC)

Subpart I - Eligibility and Development

Subpart II - Rating

Subpart III - Authorization issues

Subpart IV - Organization of the Pension Maintenance Centers