Veterans Benefits Manual

Veterans Benefit Manual by NVLSP attorneys is the practical guide for the veterans benefits advocate, with critical information to navigate benefits issues.

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2024-2025 Edition Editors:

Barton F. Stichman, Special Counsel to and co-founder of the National Veterans Legal Services Program
Ronald B. Abrams, Special Counsel to and Former Joint Executive Director of the National Veterans Legal Services Program
Richard V. Spataro, Director of Training and Publications of the National Veterans Legal Services Program
Stacy A. Tromble, Director of Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims Litigation of the National Veterans Legal Services Program
Rochelle Bobroff, Director of Pro Bono at the National Veterans Legal Services Program, supervising the Lawyers Serving Warriors® program
Louis J. George, Special Counsel to NVLSP, focusing on matters at the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims and Training; and NVLSP VSO liaison
Christine Cote Hill, Special Counsel to NVLSP, representing veterans, dependents, and survivors before the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Board of Veterans' Appeals, the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and other federal courts.

The 2024-2025 edition of the Veterans Benefits Manual has been thoroughly updated with the important developments in veterans law over the past year and new advocacy advice related to those developments. The most significant new information and advocacy advice includes:

  • An updated section explaining the circumstances under which a veteran can force the Board of Veterans’ Appeals and the CAVC to review determinations made by Veterans Health Administration personnel (Section 10.4);
  • News about the currently pending Supreme Court case that could lead the CAVC to reverse more Board of Veterans' Appeals decisions denying benefits (Sections 5.1.4.2 and 15.3.3.1);
  • An overview of the recent changes to the VA’s Rating Schedule for Digestive System Disabilities (Sections 5.1.5.3, 5.1.5.8, 5.7.1.2), including the criteria for evaluating hepatitis (Section 5.2.5);
  • Discussion of the 2024 Supreme Court decision that expands a veteran’s entitlement to post-9/11 GI Bill educational benefits (Section 11.1.3);
  • An overview of the 2024 changes to the VA's character of discharge rules, which govern whether a veteran issued a discharge under other than honorable conditions qualifies for VA benefits (Section 2.2.3);
  • Review of the special procedures and guidance issued by the VA for evaluating claims based on traumatic brain injury (TBI) (Section 3.7.3);
  • A new section (5.2.13) containing guidance and advocacy tips on the proper VA disability rating for Parkinson’s disease; and
  • Advocacy tips on choosing between the Discharge Review Board (DRB) and the Board for Correction of Military Records (BCMR) when a veteran could apply to either board. (Section 21.2.3).

The 2023-2024 Edition ISBN was 9781663369543.

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Table of contents

 Chapter 1  Introduction And How to Use This Manual

PART I  DISABILITY BENEFITS FOR VETERANS
Chapter 2  Veterans' Basic Eligibility For VA Benefits
Chapter 3  Compensation for Veterans with Service-Connected Disabilities
Chapter 4  VA Disability Benefits or Damages for Injury or Death Caused by VA Health
  Care or Other VA Activities
Chapter 5  Setting, Increasing, or Reducing a Veterans' Service-Connected Disability
  Rating
Chapter 6  Pension For Veterans with Non-Service-Connected Disabilities

PART II  VA BENEFITS FOR NON-VETERANS
Chapter 7  VA Benefits For Family Members

PART III  RULES AFFECTING THE AMOUNT OF BENEFITS PAID
Chapter 8  Effective Dates For Awards of Benefits
Chapter 9  Special Issues For Disability And Death Benefits

PART IV  VA HEALTH CARE AND OTHER BENEFITS
Chapter 10  VA Health Care
Chapter 11  Other VA Benefits

PART V  THE VA CLAIMS ADJUDICATION PROCESS
Chapter 12  Adjudication of Legacy and Modernized (AMA) Claims by VA Regional Offices
Chapter 13  Board Of Veterans' Appeals
Chapter 14  Avenues Available to Correct Errors in Final BVA Decisions and Common
  Errors Appealable to the Court
Chapter 15  Court Review of VA Decision-Making

PART VI  ADVOCACY ON BEHALF OF VA CLAIMANTS
Chapter 16  Reviewing VA Claims Files
Chapter 17  Effective Advocacy Before the VA
Chapter 18  Obtaining Military Records And Information To Help Substantiate A Claim
Chapter 19  Attorney's and Agent's Fees Paid By VA Claimants Or By The VA

PART VII  CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS
Chapter 20  Military Compensation
Chapter 21  Correcting Military Records

GLOSSARY
TABLE OF CASES
INDEX