PARIS VA Codes
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Payee Number
| 0 | Veteran |
| 10 | Wife, Husband, surviving spouse |
| 11 | Child #1 |
| 12 | Child #2 |
| 13 | Child #3 |
| 14 | Child #4 |
| 15 | Child #5 |
| 16 | Child #6 |
| 17 | Child #7 |
| 18 | Child #8 |
| 19 | Child #9 |
| 31 | Consolidated Award Payee #1 |
| 32 | Consolidated Award Payee #2 |
| 33 | Consolidated Award Payee #3 |
| 34 | Consolidated Award Payee #4 |
| 35 | Consolidated Award Payee #5 |
| 36 | Consolidated Award Payee #6 |
| 37 | Consolidated Award Payee #7 |
| 38 | Consolidated Award Payee #8 |
| 39 | Consolidated Award Payee #9 |
| 50 | Father |
| 60 | Mother |
Record Type
| A | Veteran's Master Record |
| B | Death Payee |
| C | Apportioned Payee - Living veteran |
| D | Accounts Receivable |
| E | Terminated, Pending Purge |
| F | Apportioned Payee - Deceased Veteran |
Aid and Attendance - Payee
Blank |
Aid and attendance or housebound not a factor |
0 |
Aid and attendance or housebound not payable |
1 |
Entitled to aid and attendance, paying housebound while hospitalized |
2 |
Entitled to aid and attendance |
3 |
Entitled to housebound |
4 |
Same as 0 but with helpless spouse |
5 |
Same as 1, but with helpless spouse |
6 |
Same as 2, but with helpless spouse |
7 |
Same as 3, but with helpless spouse |
Type of Recurring Expenses
| B | Both Social Security and other |
| C | Continuing unusual medical expenses |
| O | Other |
| R | 10% Retired pay waiver exclusion |
| S | Social Security |
Source of Payee Income
| C | Other Income |
| E | Retirement (Other than Social Security) |
| F | Social Security |
| G | No source |
| P | Earned Income |
| Other | Multiple Sources of Income |
Source of Spouse Income
| C | Other Income |
| E | Retirement (Other than Social Security) |
| F | Social Security |
| G | No source |
| P | Earned Income |
| Other | Multiple Sources of Income |
Type of Other Retirement Income
| B | Black Lung |
| C | Civil Service Retirement |
| O | Other, or combination of any other than B, C, M or R |
| M | Military Retirement |
| R | Railroad Retirement |
| S | Social Security |
| X | Combinations involving B, C, M or R types. |
Change Reason - This field contains a code to indicate the reason for the award change.
| 0 | Original or no change |
| 11 | Excess Income or Dependency of parent not established or Change in income or dependency |
| 12 | Excessive Net Worth |
| 15 | Person entitled remarried |
| 16 | Failure to Furnish requested evidence |
| 17 | Failure to report for physical examination |
| 18 | Estate in excess of $1,500 |
| 19 | Veteran on active duty or in receipt of retired pay - or restored to VA rolls |
| 20 | Claim withdrawn or benefits renounced. |
| 21 | Whereabouts unknown |
| 22 | Death of claimant or person entitled |
| 23 | Child over 18 on this award enters school \ |
| 24 | Child reaches age 18 |
| 25 | Child over 18 on this award terminates school or becomes age 23 |
| 26 | Dependent added |
| 27 | Apportionment made, changed or discontinued, due to separation, change in custody or change in amount of special apportionment. |
| 28 | Claimant or dependent incarcerated or released from prison |
| 29 | Other reasons not listed |
| 30 | Election of VA or other benefit or change of VA benefit |
| 31 | Change of payee |
| 32 | Failure to file income questionnaire |
| 33 | Increased evaluation |
| 34 | Reduced evaluation |
| 35 | Hospital adjustment - hospitalized |
| 36 | Hospital adjustment - released from hospital |
| 37 | Legislative change |
| 39 | Administrative error |
| 42 | Child over 18 in another award determined helpless |
| 43 | Child over 18 in another award enters school |
| 44 | Child in another award reaches age 18 |
| 45 | Child in another award terminates school, reaches age 23 or is no longer helpless died or married. |
| 46 | IVM match - related decrease or termination |
| 50 | Grant of A/A for disability compensation spouse |
| 51 | A/A for spouse discontinued |
| 52 | Child over 18 determined helpless |
| 53 | Helpless child enters school |
| 54 | Child no longer helpless |
| 55 | Child status changed from school to helpless child |
| 56 | Loss of dependent |
| 57 | Award requires payment of attorney fees |
| 60 | Reopened award |
| 98 | Automatic adjustment based on Eligibility Verification Report |
Entitlement Code - This field contains a code designating the type of benefit and period of service.
| First Position | Second Position | ||
0 |
Gulf War Service | 1 | Compensation |
1 |
WWI Service | 2 | Protected Pension (veteran) |
2 |
WWII Service | 4 | Section 306 Pension (veteran) |
3 |
Korean Conflict Service | 5 | Death Compensation |
4 |
Peacetime Service | 6 | Protected Pension (survivor) |
7 |
Vietnam Service | 7 | Dependency Indemnity |
| Compensation | |||
9 |
Philippine Service | 8 | Section 306 Pension (survivor) |
| L | Improved Pension (veteran) | ||
| D | Improved Pension (survivor) | ||
The second position will reflect 0 when there are no children, or 1-9 to indicate the number of children.
Dependency Codes - Living Veteran
| 0 | Veteran |
| 10 | Veteran - Spouse |
| 20 | Veteran - Spouse - Father |
| 30 | Veteran - Spouse - Mother |
| 40 | Veteran - Spouse - Both Parents |
| 50 | Veteran - Father |
| 60 | Veteran- Mother |
| 70 | Veteran - Both Parents |
| 8X | Veteran - Child |
Dependency Codes - Deceased Veteran
| 0 | Veteran |
| 10 | Veteran - Spouse |
| 20 | Veteran - Spouse - Father |
| 30 | Veteran - Spouse - Mother |
| 40 | Veteran - Spouse - Both Parents |
| 50 | Veteran - Father |
| 60 | Veteran- Mother |
| 70 | Veteran - Both Parents |
| 8X | Veteran - Child |
Withholding Type Codes
| 1 | Code to indicator withholding for one or both of the following purposes: |
| a. Apportionment - Total of amounts withheld for or being paid to dependents. | |
| b. Institutional maintenance and/or apportioned amount to a dependent parent | |
| c. Record purpose award - indicate total award withheld. | |
| 2 | Philippine Case - indicate amount payable in pesos when there is combined |
| entitlement | |
| 3 | PFOP - Potion of total award deposited in a Personal Funds of Patient Account |
| 4 | Amount (PL 86-211 pension) not payable due to hospitalization |
| 5 | Reduction of Protected Pension due to hospitalization. |
| 6 | Computer generated code when there are simultaneous withholdings of types |
| 7 and 8 or 7 and 9 | |
| 7 | Offset under 38 U.S.C. 351. |
| 8 | Recoupment of readjustment allowance or separation pay |
| 9 | Recoupment of severance pay |