X.iii.1.A
Part X module 2 · 24 section summaries
Use the special procedure when ordinary claims processing is not enough.
Hospital and pension adjustments, COD/LOD, misconduct, insanity, fraud, forfeiture, administrative decisions, hearings, field exams, active duty, COLA, and proceeds.
24 of 24 section summaries shownX.iii.1.B
Hospitalization/convalescence adjustment
Verify treatment, duration and service connection, then apply the correct 4.29 or 4.30 temporary-rating dates.
Read the captured Part X source →X.iii.1.C
A&A award adjustment
Determine how hospitalization or institutional care affects an existing aid-and-attendance allowance and apply due process.
Read the captured Part X source →X.iii.1.D
Institutional pension adjustment
Verify institutional/Medicaid facts and adjust pension under 3.551/3.556 with correct dates and notice.
Read the captured Part X source →X.iv.1.A
COD and bars
Analyze each service period, discharge, statutory/regulatory bar, exceptions, and health-care eligibility before merits development.
Read the captured Part X source →X.iv.1.B
COD special topics
Use the dedicated rule for conditional discharges, upgrades, multiple periods, and other unusual COD facts.
Read the captured Part X source →X.iv.1.C
Willful misconduct/LOD
Determine line of duty, proximate cause, conscious wrongdoing, service-department findings, and applicable presumptions.
Read the captured Part X source →X.iv.1.D
Alcohol/drugs/tobacco
Classify primary abuse, secondary causation/aggravation, misconduct, and statutory tobacco restrictions before deciding.
Read the captured Part X source →X.iv.1.E
Common service accidents
Develop accident facts, duty status, misconduct, reports, injuries, and causation under the accident-specific guidance.
Read the captured Part X source →X.iv.1.F
Reverse COD/LOD/misconduct finding
Revisit a prior determination only under the proper revision basis, evidence standard, protection, and due process.
Read the captured Part X source →X.iv.2.A
Insanity determination
Develop behavior, disease, timing, and medical evidence under VA’s insanity definition as a possible exception to a bar.
Read the captured Part X source →X.iv.2.B
Homicide eligibility
Determine claimant involvement, intentional wrongdoing, legal findings, and benefit-specific bar before payment.
Read the captured Part X source →X.iv.3.A
Fraud/evidence analysis
Preserve suspected evidence, obtain required laboratory/technical review, and use referral safeguards rather than making an unsupported fraud finding.
Read the captured Part X source →X.iv.3.B
Forfeiture
Develop and refer potential forfeiture under the strict statutory procedure; ordinary adverse-action processing is not enough.
Read the captured Part X source →X.iv.4
Renouncement
Confirm a valid renouncement, identify benefits affected, adjust prospectively, and explain how a later application is treated.
Read the captured Part X source →X.v.1.A
Central-office guidance
Request Compensation Service or Pension and Fiduciary guidance when the procedure requires referral or an exceptional issue needs direction.
Read the captured Part X source →X.v.1.B
Equitable relief
Identify administrative error or inequity, document the requested relief, and refer through the authorized equitable-relief channel.
Read the captured Part X source →X.v.1.C
Administrative decisions
State the issue, jurisdiction, evidence, findings, law, analysis, conclusion, signatures, and notice for a formal administrative decision.
Read the captured Part X source →X.v.1.D
RO hearings
Acknowledge and schedule the hearing, preserve rights and evidence, document the record, and complete post-hearing action.
Read the captured Part X source →X.v.1.E
Field examinations
Request a field exam only for a defined factual question and give the examiner the people, records, and issue to investigate.
Read the captured Part X source →X.v.2.A
Pending claim/active duty
When a Veteran returns to active duty, determine the claim’s status, available evidence, exam feasibility, and whether processing can continue.
Read the captured Part X source →X.v.2.B
Active-duty award adjustments
Stop/adjust and later restore compensation using verified entry/discharge dates, waiver rules, notice, and payment controls.
Read the captured Part X source →X.v.2.C
COLA
Apply the authorized cost-of-living adjustment to affected rates and awards without altering unrelated entitlement facts.
Read the captured Part X source →X.v.2.D