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AGENDA Tennessee Department of Veterans Affairs
Veterans Benefits Representatives / County Service Officers Quarterly Training December 2011 Humboldt Tennessee State Nursing Home, 2865 Main St. Humboldt,
TN 38343 (731) 784-2448 | Tuesday, December 6, 2011 | 8:30 | Opening Remarks | Mark Breece, Assistant Commissioner | 8:45 | Legislative Updates | Tom Meadows, Training Officer | 9:00 | Violence In The Workplace | John Whirley, PhD, VAMC Memphis | 10:00 | Break | | 10:15 | Eligibility Verification Reports | Tom Meadows, Training Officer | 10:45 | Remarks from West Tennessee Veterans Home | Greg Turnbo | 11:00 | Lunch (Provided, we will eat with residents) | | 12:00 | Rating Criteria for Persian Gulf Veterans | Scott Stamper,
VA Regional Office | 1:00 | Review SOTS Test | Tom Meadows, Training Officer | 1:30 | Vetra/Spec Demonstration | William Smith, VBR | 2:00 | End of Training | | |
Knoxville
Tennessee State Nursing Home, 9910 Coward Mills Rd., Knoxville, TN 37931
(865) 862-8100 | Friday, December
9, 2011 | 8:30 | Opening
Remarks | Don Smith, Assistant Commissioner | 8:45 | Legislative Updates | Tom Meadows, Training Officer | 9:00 | Review SOTS Test | Tom Meadows,
Training Officer | 9:30 | Vetra/Spec
Demonstration | Tom Humphries, VBR | 10:00 | Break | | 10:15 | Eligibility Verification Reports | Don Smith,
Assistant Commissioner | 10:45 | Remarks
from East Tennessee Veterans Home | Doug Ottinger | 11:00 | Lunch (Provided) | | 12:00 | Rating Criteria for Persian Gulf Veterans | Avalyn Pittman, VA Regional Office | 1:00 | Death Benefits | Tom Meadows, Training Officer | 2:00 | End of Training | |
Smyrna National Guard Training Center, Building 500, Room 202, 7th Ave. Smyrna TN 37167 | Monday, December 12, 2011 | 8:30 | Opening Remarks | Wendell
Cheek, Assistant Commissioner | 8:45 | Legislative Updates | Tom Meadows, Training Officer | 9:00 | Review SOTS Test | Tom Meadows,
Training Officer | 9:30 | Vetra/Spec
Demonstration | Tom Humphries, VBR | 10:00 | Break | | 10:15 | Eligibility Verification Reports | Tom Meadows,
Training Officer | 10:45 | Rating
Criteria for Persian Gulf Veterans | Scott Stamper, VA Regional Office | 12:00 | Lunch (Available, $5 charge) | | 1:00 | Violence In The Workplace | Glen Wilbur,
VAMC Nashville | 2:00 | End
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NSC PENSON BENEFITS.PPT
BVA Powerpoint
Below is a powerpoint presentation that Randy.Lingerfelt@tn.gov will be providing at Jun 2011 training.
Hospital Eligibility and VA Care Outside VA.PPT
Family Caregiver Program
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| Farewell to Don Samuels. Thanks for all your Labor! |
| Below is Linda Bailey, DAV Rep at KOPC |

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| VA Nurse/rater Avalyn Pitman, RVSR |

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| Briefs on New Presumptions (Parkinson's) associated with A/O |
| Mr. Bill Griffith, VA Cemetery Director |

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| Click on link below to download his word document report |
VA Cemetery Report by: Bill Griffith
Effective Dates Powerpoint Slide Show
Click below for PPT slides for SMC. Great
job explaining SMC. Kudos to Don Smith and Tom Meadows.
Special Monthly Compensation.ppt
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July Training Agenda Word Doc Click Here
Qtrly Training April 19, 20, and 23.
Make plans to be there. Powerpoint shows are below.
Evaluating Knees PPT
Muscles PPT
Click on the documents below to download or view.
Below are documents from SOTS 2009
Apportionments Powerpoint
CDRP Payments Word Doc
CDRP Powerpoint
CSRC Powerpoint
Death Benefits Powerpoint
Death Benefits Word Doc
ID and Preparing Claims 2 rate Powerpoint
SMC Powerpoint
TriCare and VA Powerpoint
Champ VA Powerpoint
July 2009 - Below is the new GI Bill Powerpoint Slide show. Please click
below to open.
New GI BILL PPT
Click below for the latest Don Smith's Veteran Affairs APRIL
2009 Training for VSO's. Don did an excellent job!
Disecting the CFR Powerpoint
Chapter 33 Powerpoint
Scar Evaluations Powerpoint
CSO Quarterly Training JAN 2009
Frivolous claims are wasting your time and could
cost your accreditation. BEWARE and BE SMART! Click slide show for your download below.
READ ATTACHED
Section 14.633 - Termination of Accreditation or Aurthority to Provide Repsentation Under 38 CFR 14.630:
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are pics of Knoxville's training. Thanks Don Samuels, Don Smith, and our own local Rick Ayers.
Click here to download FrivolousClaims.PPT
Click Here for Frivolous CFR
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Below are Training Slides from SOTS 2008!
SPECIAL MONTHLY COMPENSATION
EDUCATION BENEFITS
County Service Officer Perspectives
Pension Mgmt Center
Words and Phrases.doc
Insurance SGLI/VGLI etc..
ChampVA.ppt
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