ADVISOR Program

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ADVISOR Program

• Texas Veterans Commission
• Fall Conference 2008

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Overview

• Audience and Function
• Accessing the program
• Navigating Contents
• Lesson Quizzes Module Post-Test

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ADVISOR Program

• Audience
• VA Employees
• Veteran Service Officers (VSO)
• County Service Officers (CSO)
• NOT Veterans or Dependents

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ADVISOR Program (Cont.)

• What it is
• Web Based Training Tool
• Modules, Lessons and Topics
• Quizzes and Tests
• Available on the Internetaccessible
  anywhere!

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Accessing the Program

• www.va.gov
• Place curser on Benefits then select
  Compensation Pension
• Next, select ADVISOR Program from left side of
  screen.
• Center of next screen select, http//www.vba.va.go
  v/bln/21/advisor/runtime/
• New screen options Information Only or Login

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Accessing the Program (Cont.)

• Information Only
• No Registering Required
• No Scores Recorded
• Login
• Requires Registering
• Records Scores
• E-Mail address is Login

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Accessing the Program (Cont.)

• Steps to register
• First Name
• Last Name
• E-Mail Address
• Affiliation type, options
• VBA
• VSO
• Other (For TVC Counselors CSO)

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Navigating Contents

• Key Words
• Module a group of related lessons
• Lesson one or more related topics
• Topic two or more pages, screens, or information

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Navigating Contents

• Home Page
• Fact Sheets 104 pages of updated information
• Glossary 300 terms and abbreviations
• Comments ability to ask questions to the
  administrator
• Site Map divides the website into hyperlinks
• Search keyword search

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Navigating Contents

• Home Page
• Two addition links if user has chosen Login
• Scorecard records of all scores for quizzes,
  tests, and scenarios
• Bookmark allows user to mark a page and return
  at a later time

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Navigating Contents (Cont.)

• Eight Modules
• Disability Compensation
• Pension
• Death Benefits
• Education
• Vocational Rehabilitation
• Medical / Dental
• Insurance
• Loan Guaranty

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Navigating Contents (Cont.)

• Disability Compensation Topics
• Application Procedures
• Eligibility Requirements
• Claims Processing Flow
• Ratings
• Dependency Requirements
• Payments
• Related Benefits

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Navigating Contents (Cont.)

• Pension Topics
• Pension Programs Eligibility Requirements
• Application Procedures
• Dependency Issues
• Forms
• Income Type Expenses
• Counting Income
• Payments
• EVR Processing

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Navigating Contents (Cont.)

• Death Benefits Topics
• Dependency Indemnity Comp.
• Parents DIC
• Death Pension
• Death Compensation
• Burial Flags
• National Cemeteries
• Headstones Markers
• Burial Plot Allowance
• Forms

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Navigating Contents (Cont.)

• Education Topics
• Eligibility Requirements
• Entitlement Eligibility Periods
• Programs of Education
• Application Procedures
• Forms
• School Certification
• Payments Rates
• Award Actions
• Related Benefits

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Navigating Contents (Cont.)

• Vocational Rehabilitation Topics
• Eligibility Requirements
• Payments
• Medical / Dental Topics
• Eligibility Requirements
• Entitlements
• Application Procedures
• Related Benefits
• Payment Issues

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Navigating Contents (Cont.)

• Insurance Subtopics
• Policy Types ID
• Eligibility Requirements
• Beneficiary Options
• Forms
• Special Policy Provision
• Premiums
• Loan Guaranty
• Loan Processing
• Entitlement Eligibility
• Forms

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Navigating Contents (Cont.)

• Scenario Section (Not a Module)
• Step-by-step How To guide for real-world
  experiences
• Conversational setting between VSO and Veteran

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Lesson Quizzes andModule Tests

• Each Lesson has a Topic Quiz
• Each Module has a Test
• Scenarios are graded
• Records last 3 scores

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Review

• Audience and Function
• Accessing the program
• Navigating Contents
• Lesson Quizzes Module Post-Test

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Questions