Department of Veterans Affairs M21-1MR, Part III, Subpart iii Veterans Benefits Administration February 13, 2012 Washington, DC 20420 Transmittal Sheet The table below describes the changes included in this revision of Veterans Changes Included in Benefits Manual M21-1MR, Part III, Subpart iii, “General Claims Process,” This Revision “General Development and Dependency Issues.” Notes: The term regional office (RO) also includes pension management center (PMC), where appropriate. The term Veterans Service Center Manager (VSCM) also includes Pension Management Center Manager (PMCM), where appropriate. Minor editorial changes have also been made to update incorrect or obsolete hyperlink references update the term to “veteran” “Veteran” update obsolete terminology, where appropriate clarify Block labels and/or Block text, and bring the documents into conformance with M21-1MR standards. Reason(s) for the Change Citation Page(s) Removed option to request vital records from the M21-1MR, Part III, 1-C-2 Department of Health and Human Services via a locally Subpart iii, Chapter 1, generated letter (in lieu of a Modern Awards Processing Section C, Topic 12, Development (MAP-D) letter). Block b (III.iii.1.C.12.b) – III.iii.1.C.13.a 1-C-3 Removed redundancies in the table in this block, and references to Automated Medical Information Exchange (AMIE), as instructed by Compensation Management Staff (215). Service’s Business Moved to this block the statement in (old) III.iii.1.C.14.g that indicates records held by VA for the purpose of 38 institutions are “Federal records” CFR 3.159(c)(2). Added a new block with a hyperlink to III.v.6.G.30.c, III.iii.1.C.13.b 1-C-4 which instructs Compensation and Pension Record Interchange (CAPRI) users to upload records retrieved from CAPRI into Virtual VA (rather than printing and storing them in the claims folder). Continued on next page , Continued
Department of Veterans Affairs M21-1MR, Part III, Subpart iii Veterans Benefits Administration February 13, 2012 Washington, DC 20420 Transmittal Sheet Changes Included in This Revision The table below describes the changes included in this revision of Veterans Benefits Manual M21-1MR, Part III, “General Claims Process,” Subpart iii, “General Development and Dependency Issues.” Notes: The term regional office (RO) also includes pension management center (PMC), where appropriate. The term Veterans Service Center Manager (VSCM) also includes Pension Management Center Manager (PMCM), where appropriate. Minor editorial changes have also been made to update incorrect or obsolete hyperlink references update the term “veteran” to “Veteran” update obsolete terminology, where appropriate clarify Block labels and/or Block text, and bring the documents into conformance with M21-1MR standards. Reason(s) for the Change Citation Page(s) Removed option to request vital records from the Department of Health and Human Services via a locally generated letter (in lieu of a Modern Awards Processing – Development (MAP-D) letter). M21-1MR, Part III, Subpart iii, Chapter 1, Section C, Topic 12, Block b (III.iii.1.C.12.b) 1-C-2 Removed redundancies in the table in this block, and references to Automated Medical Information Exchange (AMIE), as instructed by Compensation Service’s Business Management Staff (215). Moved to this block the statement in (old) III.iii.1.C.14.g that indicates records held by VA institutions are “Federal records” for the purpose of 38 CFR 3.159(c)(2). III.iii.1.C.13.a 1-C-3 Added a new block with a hyperlink to III.v.6.G.30.c, which instructs Compensation and Pension Record Interchange (CAPRI) users to upload records retrieved from CAPRI into Virtual VA (rather than printing and storing them in the claims folder). III.iii.1.C.13.b 1-C-4 Continued on next page , Continued
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