3. Deciding an Apportionment Claim and Notification of a Decision on an Apportionment Claim Introduction This topic contains information on deciding an apportionment claim and notifying the primary beneficiary and the claimant of the decision, including actions to take upon expiration of the 30-day response period claimant’s considering evidence received after a decision determining the amount of an apportionment preparing for a VA Form 21-441, Special Apportionment Decision, favorable or unfavorable apportionment decision effect of deferred awards on pending apportionment claims determining the effective date of an apportionment and the appropriate award action to take after making an apportionment decision rounding the apportioned amount distributing the available amount for an institutionalized Veteran effect of rate changes on the primary award notifying the primary beneficiary and claimant of the apportionment decision, and responding to a notice of disagreement (NOD)with an apportionment decision. Change Date July 5, 2015 Follow the instructions in the table below after the 30-day a. Actions to claimant’s Take Upon response period expires. Expiration of the Claimant’s 30-Day Response Period If the claimant... Then make an administrative decision... responds within 30 days, but based on the response and any claimant’s the evidence fails to other pertinent evidence of record demonstrate a hardship on the deny the pending claim part of the claimant clear the pending EPs, and send notification of the decision to the claimant and beneficiary. does not respond within 30 based on the evidence of record days and/or the evidence of deny the pending claim record fails to demonstrate a clear the pending EPs, and hardship on the part of the send notification of the decision to the claimant
3. Deciding an Apportionment Claim and Notification of a Decision on an Apportionment Claim Introduction This topic contains information on deciding an apportionment claim and notifying the primary beneficiary and the claimant of the decision, including actions to take upon expiration of the claimant’s 30-day response period considering evidence received after a decision determining the amount of an apportionment preparing VA Form 21-441, Special Apportionment Decision, for a favorable or unfavorable apportionment decision effect of deferred awards on pending apportionment claims determining the effective date of an apportionment and the appropriate award action to take after making an apportionment decision rounding the apportioned amount distributing the available amount for an institutionalized Veteran effect of rate changes on the primary award notifying the primary beneficiary and claimant of the apportionment decision, and responding to a notice of disagreement (NOD)with an apportionment decision. Change Date July 5, 2015 a. Actions to Take Upon Expiration of the Claimant’s 30-Day Response Period Follow the instructions in the table below after the claimant’s 30-day response period expires. If the claimant... Then make an administrative decision... responds within 30 days, but the evidence fails to demonstrate a hardship on the part of the claimant based on the claimant’s response and any other pertinent evidence of record deny the pending claim clear the pending EPs, and send notification of the decision to the claimant and beneficiary. does not respond within 30 days and/or the evidence of record fails to demonstrate a hardship on the part of the claimant based on the evidence of record deny the pending claim clear the pending EPs, and send notification of the decision to the
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