BDD/Quick Start Claim Within business days of receipt of the MSC’s request, the RO must three report to the MSC whether it routed the participant’s claim to rating activity for rating action, or transferred the participant’s claims folder to the MSC (or transferred jurisdiction over the eFolder). Important: If an RO decides that rating action is in order, it must complete the rating decision, promulgate it, and transfer the claims folder (or transfer jurisdiction over the eFolder) within business days of receipt of a ten request for the folder from an MSC. MSCs and DRASs are responsible for developing and deciding any issues an RO does address in its rating decision. not Unless an RO is able to decide of the issues associated with a all pending claim, the EP that controls the claim must remain pending. This EP and the EP 689 that MSCs establish in Step 2 of the procedures described in M21-1, Part III, Subpart i, 2.D.5.a may run concurrently. If a participant’s service department subsequently determines the participant is for duty, the DRAS of jurisdiction will unfit clear the EP 689, and prepare and promulgate the participant’s final rating decision under the EP that the RO established, or returns the participant to duty, the participant’s DRAS or MSC (whichever has current jurisdiction over the participant’s case) will clear the EP 689, and the claim back to the RO for processing. e. IDES If an IDES participant has an appeal pending with VA, and the appeal Participants involves a disability the participant’s service department referred to VA or the With a Pending participant claimed as a consequence of his/her involvement in the IDES, Appeal MSCs and must follow the instructions in the table below. If Then MSCs must And DRASs must … … … a participant’s request examination of the complete a separate proposed pending appeal referred disability rating for the PEB (even in involves a disability duty Veteran cases) the participant’s assign a disability evaluation service department for PEB purposes only, and include a to VA clear indication that the evaluation is referred for PEB purposes only, and note that the issue remains on appeal for the purpose of entitlement to VA benefits and that the evaluation of the appeal issue reflected on the proposed rating does not impact the existing appeal.
BDD/Quick Start Claim Within three business days of receipt of the MSC’s request, the RO must report to the MSC whether it routed the participant’s claim to rating activity for rating action, or transferred the participant’s claims folder to the MSC (or transferred jurisdiction over the eFolder). Important: If an RO decides that rating action is in order, it must complete the rating decision, promulgate it, and transfer the claims folder (or transfer jurisdiction over the eFolder) within ten business days of receipt of a request for the folder from an MSC. MSCs and DRASs are responsible for developing and deciding any issues an RO does not address in its rating decision. Unless an RO is able to decide all of the issues associated with a pending claim, the EP that controls the claim must remain pending. This EP and the EP 689 that MSCs establish in Step 2 of the procedures described in M21-1, Part III, Subpart i, 2.D.5.a may run concurrently. If a participant’s service department subsequently determines the participant is unfit for duty, the DRAS of jurisdiction will clear the EP 689, and prepare and promulgate the participant’s final rating decision under the EP that the RO established, or returns the participant to duty, the participant’s DRAS or MSC (whichever has current jurisdiction over the participant’s case) will clear the EP 689, and the claim back to the RO for processing. e. IDES Participants With a Pending Appeal If an IDES participant has an appeal pending with VA, and the appeal involves a disability the participant’s service department referred to VA or the participant claimed as a consequence of his/her involvement in the IDES, MSCs and must follow the instructions in the table below. If … Then MSCs must … And DRASs must … a participant’s pending appeal involves a disability the participant’s service department referred to VA request examination of the referred disability complete a separate proposed rating for the PEB (even in duty Veteran cases) assign a disability evaluation for PEB purposes only, and include a clear indication that the evaluation is for PEB purposes only, and note that the issue remains on appeal for the purpose of entitlement to VA benefits and that the evaluation of the appeal issue reflected on the proposed rating does not impact the existing appeal.
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