M21-1 Adjudication Procedures
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- Part 1 - Introduction
- Part 2 - Clerical Procedures
- Part 3 - Authorization and Clerical Procedures
- Part 4 - Authorization Procedures
- Part 5 - Computer Processing
- Part 6 - Rating Board Procedures
- Part 7 - Direct Services Activities
- Part 8 - Fiduciary and Field Examination Procedures
Part I. Introduction
- Chapter 1 - Introduction
- Chapter 2 - The Adjudication Division
- Chapter 3 - Laws - Regulations - Regulations - Records
- APPENDIX A - Rating Paragraphs and Codes
- APPENDIX B - Rate Tables (For rates from 2011 to present, click HERE.)
- Section A - Improved Death Pension
- Section B - Improved Disability Pension
- Section I - Section 306 Death Pension
- Section II - Old Law Death Pension
- Section III - Death Compensation
- Section IV - Dependency and Indemnity Compensation - Parents
- Section V - Dependency and Indemnity Compensation - Widowers and Children
- Section VI - Section 306 Disability Pension/Indian Wars, SAW, Mexican Border Period, WWI, WWII, Korean Conflict and Vietnam Era
- Section VII - Old Law Disability Pension WWI, WWII, Korean Conflict (38 U.S.C. 1521 - Prior to 7/1/60)
- Section VIII - Disability Compensation -- Wartime
- Section IX - Disability Compensation Veteran Alone (PL 141-73)
- Section X - Disability Compensation Additional Disability Compensation for Dependents
- Section XI - Disability Compensation-Basic Peacetime Rates 38 U.S.C. 334
- Section XII - Special Monthly Compensation Codes and Rates
- Section XIII - Emergency Officer's Retirement Pay - Codes and Rates PL 506-70TH C.
- Section XIV - Special Benefit Allowances
- Section XV - Burial, Plot and Headstone/Marker Benefits
- Section XVI - Spina Bifida Benefits (38 U.S.C. Chapter 18)
- Section XVII - Children of Women of Vietman Veterans Born with Certain Birth Defects
- APPENDIX C - Tables and Codes
- INDEX - Consolidated Index
- Transmittal
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Part II. Clerical Procedures
- Introduction - Introduction
- Index - Index
- Chapter 1 - Claims Establishment and Mail Management
- Chapters 2-5 - Rescinded
- Chapter 6 - Beneficiary Identification and Records Locator Subsystem (BIRLS)
- Chapter 7 - Rescinded
- Transmittal
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Part III. Authorization and Clerical Procedures
- Introduction - Introduction
- Chapters 1-10 - Rescinded
- Chapter 11 - Correspondence
- Chapter 12 & 13 - Rescinded
- Transmittal
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Part IV. Authorization Procedures
- Chapters 1-3 - Rescinded
- Chapter 4 - Claims for Increase
- Chapter 5-8 - Rescinded
- Chapter 9 - Due Process
- Chapters 10-13 - Rescinded
- Chapter 14 - School Attendance Provisions
- Chapters 15-19 - Rescinded
- Chapter 20 - Elections, Waivers and Recoupments
- Chapters 21 & 22 - Rescinded
- Chapter 23 - Eligibility Requests and Determinations for Special Purposes
- Chapters 24 & 25 - Rescinded
- Chapter 26 - Specific Death Awards and Related Actions
- Chapter 27 - Rescinded
- Chapter 28 - Disallowances
- Chapter 29 - Rescinded
- Chapter 30 - Triennial Verification Program
- Chapters 31-39 - Rescinded
- Transmittal
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Part V. Computer Processing
- Chapter 1 - Computer Processing Concepts
- Chapter 2 - Master Records and Master Record Inquiry Procedures
- Chapter 3 - Target Processing Overview
- Chapter 4 - Target Award Processing
- Chapter 5 - Award Support Data
- Chapter 6 - Award Preparation - Input Awards
- Chapter 7 - Burial Award/Disallowance Processing
- Chapter 8 - Accrued Award/Disallowance Processing
- Chapter 9 - Authorization and The 501 Screen
- Chapter 10 - Disallowance Processing
- Chapter 11 - Payment of Annual Clothing Allowance
- Chapter 12 - Stop, Suspend, Resume Processing
- Chapter 13 - CADD, CNAM, CFID Actions
- Chapter 14 - Rescinded
- Chapter 15 - Target Processing of Eligibility Verification Reports
- Chapter 16 - Claims Establishment and Control Procedures
- Chapter 17 - Claims Development Processing
- Chapter 18 - Master Record Correction (CORR) Compensation and Pension
- Chapter 19 - Target Notice of Exception Processing and Miscellaneous Messages
- Chapter 20 - Multiple Inquiry Processing
- Chapter 21 - Target Processing of Appeals
- Chapter 22 - Work Measurement and Quality Review
- Chapter 23 - Letter Generation
- Transmittal
Changes
Part VI. Rating Board Procedures - Rescinded
Part VII. Direct Services Activities
- Introduction
- Contents - Direct Services Activities
- Chapters 1-5 - Rescinded
- Chapter 6 - Outreach Activities
- Chapter 7 - Veterans Services Procedures at VA Medical Centers
- Transmittal
Changes
Changes: Change Document 4/21/2000
Part VIII. Fiduciary and Field Examination Procedures - Rescinded