Helmick
Bore the expense does not necessarily mean directly ____.
paid the bills
When appealing a VA decision under the ____ , veterans can choose a higher-level review, a supplemental claim, or a NOD.
AMA (Veterans Appeals Improvement and Modernization Act of 2017)
DC ____ addresses evaluation levels for service connected osteomyelitis.
5000
The ____ was formed to provide financial assistance to caregivers of seriously injured combat veterans.
Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers (Caregiver Program)
Ankylosis is a medical term meaning ____ of a joint.
immobility and consolidation
Substitution is the right of ____ to continue the deceased person's pending claim.
eligible living people
Under an AMA NOD, veterans can choose one of three dockets: ___, ___, ___ .
direct review, additional evidence, or hearing
“Active Process” of osteomyelitis means ____ .
a current bone infection with symptoms in the last five years
BVA must allow participants in the Caregiver Program to ______ an adverse decision.
appeal
____ disability evaluations are part of an appeal for increase of the primary disability.
Secondary
If claimant is not a dependent, only so much of the accrued benefit may be paid to reimburse the person who bore the expense of ____ .
last sickness or burial
Any ____ appeal requires BVA to accept new evidence and to develop claims from the veteran.
legacy
Criteria of evaluation levels 30, 60, and 100 under DC 5000 do not require ____ of osteomyelitis.
active process
VA has a longstanding rule that a "medical determination" is not _______ .
appealable
Requirement for ____ in the General Rating Formula for the spine can be met by its functional equivalent during a flare up.
ankylosis
A loan to the original claimant by a substitute claimant can qualify as ____ .
bore the expense
Under an AMA appeal, the VA Regional Office no longer has _________.
Duty to Assist/ to solicit new evidence
BVA can not cite ______ as a reason to deny veterans entitlement to 100% under DC5000.
no active process
A writ of ____ or a writ of mandate is when a higher court tells a lower court to do their job without delay.
mandamus
38 CFR ____ and ____ do apply when the veteran is receiving the maximum evaluation for a DC.
4.40 and 4.45
Congress's intent was to ____ the one who was saddled with the financial burden.
make whole
VA’s traditional Duty to Assist, upheld in the ____ decision, is not in effect once the veteran’s AMA appeal begins.
Kutcherousky
VA is mandated to interpret the Rating Schedule using the ____ of the language.
plain meaning
The VA Secretary must ________ of their right to appeal to BVA.
begin notifying claimants
Application of the ____ may result in a higher evaluation.
DeLuca factors/flare ups