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M21-1 Adjudication Procedures Manual

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VA's internal procedures for developing and deciding disability compensation and related benefit claims. Browse every current verified source section below, or search the text and reviewed explanations.

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Part I · Subpart i · Chapter 1 2 sections
  1. M21-1 I.i.1.A
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Part I · Subpart i · Chapter 2 3 sections
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Part I · Subpart i · Chapter 3 1 section
  1. M21-1 I.i.3
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Part I · Subpart ii · Chapter 1 4 sections
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Part I · Subpart ii · Chapter 2 1 section
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Part II · Subpart i · Chapter 1 2 sections
  1. M21-1 II.i.1.A
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Part II · Subpart i · Chapter 2 4 sections
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Part II · Subpart ii · Chapter 1 2 sections
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Part II · Subpart ii · Chapter 2 3 sections
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Part II · Subpart ii · Chapter 3 1 section
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Part II · Subpart iii · Chapter 1 3 sections
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Part II · Subpart iii · Chapter 2 8 sections
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Part II · Subpart iii · Chapter 3 2 sections
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Part II · Subpart iii · Chapter 4 2 sections
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Part III · Subpart i · Chapter 1 3 sections
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Part III · Subpart i · Chapter 2 6 sections
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Part III · Subpart ii · Chapter 1 3 sections
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Part III · Subpart ii · Chapter 2 8 sections
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Part III · Subpart ii · Chapter 3 1 section
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Part IV · Subpart i · Chapter 1 2 sections
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Part IV · Subpart i · Chapter 2 6 sections
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Part IV · Subpart i · Chapter 3 3 sections
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Part IV · Subpart ii · Chapter 1 2 sections
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Part IV · Subpart ii · Chapter 2 2 sections
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Part IX · Subpart i · Chapter 1 1 section
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Part IX · Subpart i · Chapter 2 1 section
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Part IX · Subpart i · Chapter 3 4 sections
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Part IX · Subpart ii · Chapter 1 2 sections
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Part IX · Subpart ii · Chapter 2 3 sections
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Part IX · Subpart iii · Chapter 1 11 sections
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Part IX · Subpart iii · Chapter 2 3 sections
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Part V · Subpart i · Chapter 1 3 sections
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Part V · Subpart ii · Chapter 1 2 sections
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Part V · Subpart ii · Chapter 2 5 sections
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Part V · Subpart ii · Chapter 3 4 sections
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Part V · Subpart ii · Chapter 4 2 sections
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Part V · Subpart iii · Chapter 1 6 sections
  1. M21-1 V.iii.1.A
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Part V · Subpart iii · Chapter 10 1 section
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Part V · Subpart iii · Chapter 11 1 section
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Part V · Subpart iii · Chapter 12 3 sections
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Part V · Subpart iii · Chapter 13 1 section
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Part V · Subpart iii · Chapter 14 1 section
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Part V · Subpart iii · Chapter 2 2 sections
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Part V · Subpart iii · Chapter 3 1 section
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Part V · Subpart iii · Chapter 4 2 sections
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Part V · Subpart iii · Chapter 5 1 section
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Part V · Subpart iii · Chapter 6 1 section
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Part V · Subpart iii · Chapter 7 1 section
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Part V · Subpart iii · Chapter 8 2 sections
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Part V · Subpart iii · Chapter 9 1 section
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Part V · Subpart iv · Chapter 1 5 sections
  1. M21-1 V.iv.1.A
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Part VI · Subpart i · Chapter 1 2 sections
  1. M21-1 VI.i.1.A
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Part VI · Subpart i · Chapter 2 2 sections
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Part VI · Subpart ii · Chapter 1 2 sections
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Part VI · Subpart ii · Chapter 2 1 section
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Part VI · Subpart ii · Chapter 3 3 sections
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Part VI · Subpart ii · Chapter 4 5 sections
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Part VI · Subpart ii · Chapter 5 1 section
  1. M21-1 VI.ii.5
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Part VI · Subpart iii · Chapter 1 1 section
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Part VI · Subpart iii · Chapter 2 3 sections
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Part VI · Subpart iii · Chapter 3 3 sections
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Part VI · Subpart iii · Chapter 4 1 section
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Part VI · Subpart iv · Chapter 1 2 sections
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Part VI · Subpart iv · Chapter 2 4 sections
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Part VI · Subpart iv · Chapter 3 1 section
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Part VII · Subpart i · Chapter 1 4 sections
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Part VII · Subpart i · Chapter 2 5 sections
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Part VII · Subpart i · Chapter 3 4 sections
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Part VII · Subpart i · Chapter 4 2 sections
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Part VII · Subpart ii · Chapter 1 2 sections
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Part VIII · Subpart i · Chapter 1 4 sections
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Part VIII · Subpart i · Chapter 2 3 sections
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Part VIII · Subpart i · Chapter 3 5 sections
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Part VIII · Subpart ii · Chapter 1 4 sections
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Part VIII · Subpart ii · Chapter 2 3 sections
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Part VIII · Subpart iii · Chapter 1 1 section
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Part VIII · Subpart iii · Chapter 11 1 section
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Part VIII · Subpart iii · Chapter 2 2 sections
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Part VIII · Subpart iii · Chapter 3 2 sections
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Part VIII · Subpart iii · Chapter 4 3 sections
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Part VIII · Subpart iii · Chapter 5 2 sections
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Part VIII · Subpart iii · Chapter 6 2 sections
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Part VIII · Subpart iii · Chapter 7 4 sections
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Part VIII · Subpart iii · Chapter 8 2 sections
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Part VIII · Subpart iii · Chapter 9 2 sections
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Part VIII · Subpart iv · Chapter 1 5 sections
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Part VIII · Subpart iv · Chapter 2 4 sections
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Part VIII · Subpart iv · Chapter 3 4 sections
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Part VIII · Subpart iv · Chapter 4 2 sections
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Part VIII · Subpart iv · Chapter 5 1 section
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Part VIII · Subpart iv · Chapter 6 3 sections
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Part VIII · Subpart iv · Chapter 7 2 sections
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Part VIII · Subpart iv · Chapter 8 4 sections
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Part VIII · Subpart iv · Chapter 9 2 sections
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Part X · Subpart i · Chapter 1 1 section
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Part X · Subpart i · Chapter 2 2 sections
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Part X · Subpart i · Chapter 3 1 section
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Part X · Subpart i · Chapter 4 4 sections
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Part X · Subpart i · Chapter 5 2 sections
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Part X · Subpart i · Chapter 6 11 sections
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Part X · Subpart ii · Chapter 1 2 sections
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Part X · Subpart ii · Chapter 2 2 sections
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Part X · Subpart ii · Chapter 3 4 sections
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Part X · Subpart ii · Chapter 4 2 sections
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Part X · Subpart ii · Chapter 5 3 sections
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Part X · Subpart ii · Chapter 6 8 sections
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Part X · Subpart iii · Chapter 1 4 sections
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Part X · Subpart iv · Chapter 1 6 sections
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  3. M21-1 X.iv.1.C
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  4. M21-1 X.iv.1.D
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  5. M21-1 X.iv.1.E
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  6. M21-1 X.iv.1.F
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Part X · Subpart iv · Chapter 2 2 sections
  1. M21-1 X.iv.2.A
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  2. M21-1 X.iv.2.B
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Part X · Subpart iv · Chapter 3 2 sections
  1. M21-1 X.iv.3.A
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Part X · Subpart iv · Chapter 4 1 section
  1. M21-1 X.iv.4
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Part X · Subpart v · Chapter 1 5 sections
  1. M21-1 X.v.1.A
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  2. M21-1 X.v.1.B
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  3. M21-1 X.v.1.C
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  4. M21-1 X.v.1.D
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  5. M21-1 X.v.1.E
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Part X · Subpart v · Chapter 2 4 sections
  1. M21-1 X.v.2.A
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  2. M21-1 X.v.2.B
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  3. M21-1 X.v.2.C
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  4. M21-1 X.v.2.D
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Part XI · Subpart i · Chapter 1 4 sections
  1. M21-1 XI.i.1.A
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  2. M21-1 XI.i.1.B
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  3. M21-1 XI.i.1.C
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  4. M21-1 XI.i.1.D
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Part XI · Subpart i · Chapter 2 3 sections
  1. M21-1 XI.i.2.A
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  2. M21-1 XI.i.2.B
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  3. M21-1 XI.i.2.C
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Part XI · Subpart ii · Chapter 1 1 section
  1. M21-1 XI.ii.1
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Part XI · Subpart ii · Chapter 2 1 section
  1. M21-1 XI.ii.2
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Part XI · Subpart ii · Chapter 3 5 sections
  1. M21-1 XI.ii.3.A
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  2. M21-1 XI.ii.3.B
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  3. M21-1 XI.ii.3.C
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  4. M21-1 XI.ii.3.D
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  5. M21-1 XI.ii.3.E
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Part XI · Subpart ii · Chapter 4 1 section
  1. M21-1 XI.ii.4
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Part XI · Subpart iii · Chapter 1 4 sections
  1. M21-1 XI.iii.1.A
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  2. M21-1 XI.iii.1.B
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  4. M21-1 XI.iii.1.D
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Part XII · Subpart i · Chapter 1 3 sections
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Part XII · Subpart i · Chapter 2 2 sections
  1. M21-1 XII.i.2.A
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  2. M21-1 XII.i.2.B
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Part XII · Subpart i · Chapter 3 6 sections
  1. M21-1 XII.i.3.A
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  2. M21-1 XII.i.3.B
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  3. M21-1 XII.i.3.C
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  4. M21-1 XII.i.3.D
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  5. M21-1 XII.i.3.E
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  6. M21-1 XII.i.3.F
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Part XII · Subpart i · Chapter 4 3 sections
  1. M21-1 XII.i.4.A
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  2. M21-1 XII.i.4.B
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  3. M21-1 XII.i.4.C
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Part XII · Subpart ii · Chapter 1 1 section
  1. M21-1 XII.ii.1
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Part XII · Subpart ii · Chapter 2 4 sections
  1. M21-1 XII.ii.2.A
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  2. M21-1 XII.ii.2.B
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  3. M21-1 XII.ii.2.C
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  4. M21-1 XII.ii.2.D
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Part XII · Subpart ii · Chapter 3 3 sections
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  3. M21-1 XII.ii.3.C
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Part XIII · Subpart i · Chapter 1 3 sections
  1. M21-1 XIII.i.1.A
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  2. M21-1 XIII.i.1.B
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  3. M21-1 XIII.i.1.C
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Part XIII · Subpart i · Chapter 2 2 sections
  1. M21-1 XIII.i.2.A
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Part XIII · Subpart i · Chapter 3 8 sections
  1. M21-1 XIII.i.3.A
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  2. M21-1 XIII.i.3.B
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  3. M21-1 XIII.i.3.C
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  4. M21-1 XIII.i.3.D
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  5. M21-1 XIII.i.3.E
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  6. M21-1 XIII.i.3.F
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  7. M21-1 XIII.i.3.G
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  8. M21-1 XIII.i.3.I
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Part XIII · Subpart i · Chapter 4 3 sections
  1. M21-1 XIII.i.4.A
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  2. M21-1 XIII.i.4.B
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  3. M21-1 XIII.i.4.C
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Part XIII · Subpart i · Chapter 5 2 sections
  1. M21-1 XIII.i.5.A
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  2. M21-1 XIII.i.5.B
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Part XIII · Subpart i · Chapter 6 1 section
  1. M21-1 XIII.i.6
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Part XIII · Subpart i · Chapter 7 2 sections
  1. M21-1 XIII.i.7.A
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  2. M21-1 XIII.i.7.B
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Part XIII · Subpart i · Chapter 8 1 section
  1. M21-1 XIII.i.8.A
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Part XIII · Subpart ii · Chapter 1 5 sections
  1. M21-1 XIII.ii.1.A
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  2. M21-1 XIII.ii.1.B
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  3. M21-1 XIII.ii.1.C
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  4. M21-1 XIII.ii.1.D
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  5. M21-1 XIII.ii.1.E
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Part XIII · Subpart ii · Chapter 2 4 sections
  1. M21-1 XIII.ii.2.A
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  2. M21-1 XIII.ii.2.B
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  3. M21-1 XIII.ii.2.C
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  4. M21-1 XIII.ii.2.D
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Part XIII · Subpart ii · Chapter 3 3 sections
  1. M21-1 XIII.ii.3.A
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Part XIII · Subpart ii · Chapter 4 2 sections
  1. M21-1 XIII.ii.4.A
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Part XIII · Subpart ii · Chapter 5 3 sections
  1. M21-1 XIII.ii.5.A
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  2. M21-1 XIII.ii.5.B
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  3. M21-1 XIII.ii.5.C
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Part XIV · Chapter 1 1 section
  1. M21-1 XIV.1
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Part XIV · Chapter 2 3 sections
  1. M21-1 XIV.2.A
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  2. M21-1 XIV.2.B
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  3. M21-1 XIV.2.C
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Part XIV · Chapter 3 1 section
  1. M21-1 XIV.3
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Part XIV · Chapter 4 4 sections
  1. M21-1 XIV.4.A
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  2. M21-1 XIV.4.B
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  4. M21-1 XIV.4.D
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Part XIV · Chapter 5 1 section
  1. M21-1 XIV.5
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Part XIV · Chapter 6 1 section
  1. M21-1 XIV.6
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Part XIV · Chapter 7 1 section
  1. M21-1 XIV.7
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Part XIV · Chapter 8 1 section
  1. M21-1 XIV.8
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M21 manual text is operational guidance for VA personnel. It can help identify the procedure VA says it should follow, but statutes, regulations, and binding case law control when they conflict.