Tennessee Department Of Veterans Affairs 38 CFR Code of Federal Regulations Pensions, Bonuses and Veterans Relief Parts 0 to 17 And Parts 18 to end Presented.

Tennessee Department Of Veterans’ Affairs

38 CFRCode of Federal Regulations

Pensions, Bonuses and Veteran’s ReliefParts 0 to 17

AndParts 18 to end

Presented by Randy D. Lingerfelt, VBR III

Tennessee Department of Veteran’s Affairs

Subject: What is the CFR and how to use it.

Objective: Understand how to find things and use the CFR to better serve our Veterans in the claims process. Know where to find other reference materials to assist you in doing your job as a Service Officer.

What is the C.F.R.?

The Code of Federal Regulations is a codification of the general and permanent rules published in the Federal Register by the Executive departments and agencies of the Federal Government.

What C.F.R.?

The main parts you should be familiar with are:

Part 1 - General ProvisionsPart 3 - AdjudicationPart 4 - Schedule for rating disabilitiesPart 17 - MedicalPart 19 - BVA regulationsPart 20 - BVA rules of practicePart 21 - Voc Rehab and Education

What C.F.R.?

Parts you should be aware of:

Part 6 - U.S. Government life insurancePart 7 - Soldiers’ and sailors’ civil reliefPart 8 - National Service Life InsurancePart 8a - Veterans Mortgage Life InsurancePart 9 - SGLI and VGLIPart 13 - Fiduciary activitiesPart 14 - Legal servicesPart 36 - Loan Guaranty

38 CFR, PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS

The United States Flag for Burial Purposes: 1.10

Parking Fees at VA Medical Facilities: 1.300 - 1.303

Release of Information from VA Records Relating to Drug Abuse, Alcoholism or Alcohol Abuse, Infection With HIV or Sickle Cell Anemia: 1.460 - 1.469

Disclosure with Patient’s Consent: 1.475 - 1.479

Part 1 Cont. Disclosure Without Patient Consent: 1.485

- 1.489 Court Orders Authorizing Disclosures and

Use: 1.490 - 1.496 Release of Information From VA Claimant

Records: 1.500 - 1.527 Safeguarding Personal Information in VA

Records: 1.575 - 1.582

Part 1 Cont. Expanded Remote Access to Computerized

Veterans Claims By Accredited Representatives: 1.600 - 1.603

Homeless Claimants: 1.710 Standards of Collection of Claims: 1.910 -

1.924 Standards of Compromise of Claims: 1.930

- 1.936

Part 1 Cont. Standards for Suspending or Terminating

Collection Action: 1.940 - 1.944 Referrals to GAO, Department of Justice, or

IRS: 1.950 - 1.953 Regional Office Committees on Waivers

and Compromises: 1.955 - 1.970

38 CFR, PART 3 - ADJUDICATION Broken down into three Subparts

Subpart A - Pension, Compensation and Dependency and Indemnity Compensation

Subpart B - Burial Benefits Subpart D - Universal Adjudication Rules That

Apply to Benefit Claims Governed by Part 3 of This Title.

(Subpart C - [Reserved]

Part 3, Subpart A Subpart A - Pension, Compensation & DIC

General: 3.1 - 3.432 Relationship: 3.50 - 3.60 Administrative: 3.100 - 3.115 Claims: 3.150 - 3.160 Evidence Requirements: 3.200 - 3.217

Part 3, Subpart A, Cont Dependency, Income and Estate: 3.250 -

3.277

Regulations Applicable to Programs in Effect Prior to January 1, 1979: 3.250 - 3.270

Regulations Applicable to the Improved Pension Program Which Became Effective January 1, 1979: 3.271 - 3.277

Part 3, Subpart A, Cont Ratings and Evaluations; Basic Entitlement

Considerations: 3.300 - 3.302 Ratings and Evaluations; Service

Connection: 3.303 - 3.344 Ratings for Special Purposes: 3.350 - 3.363 Rating Considerations Relative to Specific

Diseases: 3.370 - 3.385

Part 3, Subpart A, Cont Effective Dates: 3.400 - 3.405 Reductions and Discontinuances: 3.500 -

3.505 Hospitalization Adjustments: 3.551 - 3.559 Adjustments and Resumptions: 3.650 -

3.669 Concurrent Benefits and Elections: 3.700 -

3.715

Part 3, Subpart A, Cont Retirement: 3.750 - 3.754 Special Benefits: 3.800 - 3.816 Incompetents, Guardianship and

Institutional Awards: 3.850 - 3.857 Forfeiture: 3.900 - 3.905 Protection: 3.950 - 3.960 Accrued: 3.1000 - 3.1009

Part 3, Subpart B Subpart B - Burial Benefits

3.1600 - 3.1612

Part 3, Subpart D Subpart D - Universal Adjudication Rules

That Apply to Benefit Claims Governed by Part 3 of this Title

General: 3.2100 - 3.2130

Revisions: 3.2600

38 CFR, PART 4 - SCHEDULE OF RATING DISABILITIES

Broken down into two Subparts Subpart A - General Policy in Rating Subpart B - Disability Ratings

With three Appendixes Appendix A - Table of Amendments and

Effective Dates Since 1946 Appendix B - Numerical Index of Disabilities Appendix C - Alphabetical Index of Disabilities

Part 4, Subpart A Subpart A - General Policy in Rating

4.1 - 4.31

Part 4, Subpart B Subpart B - Disability Ratings

The Musculoskeletal System: 4.40 - 4.73 The Organs of Special Sense: 4.75 - 4.84a Impairment of Auditory Acuity: 4.85 -

4.87a Infectious Diseases, Immune Disorders

and Nutritional Deficiencies: 4.88 - 4.89

Part 4, Subpart B, Cont The Respiratory System: 4.96 - 4.97 The Cardiovascular System: 4.100 - 4.104 The Digestive System: 4.110 - 4.114 The Genitourinary System: 4.115 - 4.115b Gynecological Conditions and Disorders of

the Breast: 4.116

Part 4, Subpart B, Cont The Hemic and Lymphatic Systems: 4.117 The Skin: 4.118 The Endocrine System: 4.119 Neurological Conditions and Convulsive

Disorders: 4.120 - 4.124a Mental Disorders: 4.125 - 4.130 Dental and Oral Conditions: 4.149 - 4.150

38 CFR, PART 17 - MEDICAL

Definitions and Active Duty: 17.30 - 17.31 Protection of Patient Rights: 17.32 - 17.33 Tentative Eligibility Determinations: 17.34 Enrollment Provisions and Medical Benefits

Package: 17.36 - 17.40 Examinations and Observation and

Examination: 17.41 - 17.42

Part 17, Cont Hospital, Domiciliary and Nursing Home

Care: 17.43 - 17.49 Use of Community Nursing Home Care

Facilities: 17.57 - 17.60 Community Residential Care: 17.61 - 17.72 Vocational Training and Health-Care

Eligibility Protection for Pension Recipients: 17.90 - 17.91

Part 17, Cont Outpatient Treatment: 17.92 - 17.98 Breaking Appointments: 17.100 Charges, Waivers, and Collections: 17.101

- 17.105 Co-payments: 17.108 - 17.111 Payment and Reimbursement of the

Expenses of Medical Service Not Previously Authorized: 17.120 - 17.132

Part 17, Cont Prosthetic, Sensory, and Rehabilitative

Aids: 17.149 - 17.154 Automotive Equipment and Driver

Training: 17.155 - 17.159 Dental Services: 17.160 - 17.166 Transitional Housing Loan Program:

17.800 - 17.805

Part 17, Cont Health Care Benefits for Certain Children

of Vietnam Veterans - Spina Bifida and Covered Birth Defects: 17.900 - 17.905

Payment or Reimbursement for Emergency Services for Non-service Connected Conditions in Non-VA Facilities: 17.1000 - 17.1008

38 CFR, PART 19 - BVA: APPEALS REGULATIONS

Part 19, Appeals Regulations; Divided into five Subparts:

Subpart A - Operation of the Board of Veterans’ Appeals

Subpart B - Appeals Processing by Agency of Original Jurisdiction

Part 19, Cont Subpart C - Administrative Appeals

Subpart D - Hearings Before the Board of Veterans’ Appeals at Department of Veterans Affairs Field Facilities

Subpart E - Simultaneously Contested Claims

38 CFR, PART 20 - BVA: RULES OF PRACTICE

Part 20 - Rules of Practice; Divided into 14 Subparts:

Subpart A - General: 20.1 - 20.3 Subpart B - The Board: 20.100 - 20.102 Subpart C - Commencement and

Perfection of Appeal: 20.200 - 20.204 Subpart D - Filing: 20.300 - 20.306

Part 20, Cont. Subpart E - Administrative Appeals: 20.400

- 20.401 Subpart F - Simultaneously contested

Claims: 20.500 - 20.504 Subpart G - Representation: 20.600 -

20.608 Subpart H - Hearings on Appeal: 20.700 -

20.717

Part 20, Cont Subpart I - Evidence: 20.800 Subpart J - Action by the Board: 20.900 -

20.904 Subpart K - Reconsideration: 20.1000 -

20.1003 Subpart L - Finality: 20.1100 - 20.1106

Part 20, Cont Subpart M - Privacy Act: 20.1200 - 20.1201 Subpart N - Miscellaneous: 20.1300 -

20.1304 Subpart O - Revision of Decision on

Grounds of Clear and Unmistakable Error: 20.1400 - 20.1411

Appendix A to Part 20 - Cross References

38 CFR PART 21 - VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION & EDUCATION Part 21 - Voc Rehab and Education;

Divided into 12 Subparts:

Subpart A - Vocational Rehabilitation Under 38 U.S.C. Chapter 31: 21.1 - 21.430

Subpart B - Claims and Applications for Educational Assistance: 21.1029 - 21.1033

Part 21, Cont Subpart C - Survivors’ and Dependents’

Educational Assistance Under 38 U.S.C. Chapter 35: 21.3001 - 21.3344

Subpart D - administration of Educational Assistance Programs: 21.4001 - 21.4279

Subpart F - Education Loans: 21.4500 - 21.4507

Subpart G - Post-Vietnam era Veterans’ Educational Assistance Under 38 U.S.C. Chapter 32: 21.5001 - 21.5296

Part 21, Cont Subpart H - Educational Assistance Test

Program: 21.5701 - 21.5901 Subpart I - Temporary Program of

Vocational Training for Certain New Pension Recipients: 21.6001 - 21.6420

Subpart J - Temporary Program of Vocational Training and Rehabilitation: 21.6501 - 21.6523

Part 21, Cont Subpart K - All volunteer Force Educational

Assistance Program (Montgomery GI Bill - Active Duty): 21.7000 - 21.7320

Subpart L - Educational Assistance for Members of the Selected Reserve: 21.7500 - 21.7807

Subpart M - Vocational Training & Rehab for Certain Children of Vietnam Veterans - Spina Bifida and Covered Birth Defects: 21.8010 - 21.8410

Additional information sources:

Web automated Reference Material System (WARMS)

e-cfr (website search)38 CFR for all Department of Veterans Affairs38 CFR, Part 3 - Adjudication38 CFR, Part 4 – Schedule for Rating

Disabilities38 CFR. Part 13 – Fiduciary ActivitiesHandout with updated alphabetic Index of 38 CFR

Handout: 38 CFR Index Sheet(Double Click to open)

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