What this means
Appendix C presents a sample for reviewing fiduciary misuse work. The supplied panels also cover accounting and fund usage review, and their header identifies the combined NFACQR and NFMISUSEQR review types. The sample should be read as supplied, not as a separate set of misuse rules inferred from the appendix title.
How this may help with a claim
If you are trying to understand how a misuse concern was handled, the checklist helps separate the financial records from the allegation, investigation and final action. It can help you ask what was documented without assuming that a blank checkbox proves an error or that an allegation proves misuse.
What to review in your file
Identify the underlying accounting issue before drawing a misuse conclusion. The sample reviews account verification, the audit, credit-report authorization, fees, balances, bonds and withdrawal agreements. It separately asks about accounting approval, disapproval, waivers and suspension. A missing document or unexplained balance needs the applicable procedure and case record, not an automatic misuse label.
Keep the route from concern to investigation clear. The panels distinguish an allegation, a fund usage examination to obtain information, help completing an accounting, fund usage review follow-up and an investigation. Check which stage actually occurred and whether its documentation and contacts are present.
Check the final determination and any reissuance separately. The sample includes referrals, a documented and signed determination, a misuse calculation and summary, the final amount and the appropriate profile flag. Reissuance has its own questions about the correct payee and amount.
Important limits
The title does not erase the broader accounting content of the original panels. These are sample quality findings, not a determination that a fiduciary misused funds or that VA owes a particular amount. The original NFACQR6/2026 header and the separate allegation, investigation, determination and reissuance stages are preserved.
Search terms when useful
Phrases that may help when searching your claim file or this library.
- fiduciary misuse quality checklist
- misuse allegation and investigation
- misuse amount calculation
- misuse reissuance review
Original VA guidance
The official VA text of this section
Official section title: Misuse Quality Checklist
This page reproduces the VA text. Use the official VA source for any images and linked documents.
Appendix C. Misuse Quality Checklist
Change Date
August 31, 2026
Appendix C.a. Misuse Quality Checklist
The following is a sample of the Misuse Quality Checklist.
