Common use of Verification Procedure and Opportunity to Contest Clause in Contracts

Verification Procedure and Opportunity to Contest. A. Beneficiaries of Individual Unemployability 1. Verification Procedures VA will independently verify all income information to determine the validity or applicability of the information obtained through this matching program prior to the termination, denial, suspension, or reduction of any benefits. VA will independently verify all wage and self-employment income with the payer or the beneficiary. 2. Opportunity to Contest Sixty days before taking any adverse action based on the information received from the match, VA will notify each beneficiary of any adverse information uncovered and give him or her opportunity to explain the circumstances prior to making a final eligibility determination or adjustment to current benefits. VA will provide all the beneficiaries for whom VA decides adverse action is necessary with the following information: a. That VA has received information that indicates an adverse action is necessary. b. That the beneficiary has 60 days to contest the adverse action. B. Pension and Dependency and Indemnity Compensation Consistent with OMB guidance, published at 54 Fed. Reg. 25818, 25827 (June 19, 1989), VA will combine the independent verification and notice requirements for VA applicants and beneficiaries into a single step, as explained in paragraphs b and c below. VA expects that compressing these two steps will reduce the overpayments and under- payments created by delays in processing the match. Records of payments reported as being made by any component of the Department of Treasury, including interest on Federal tax refunds, do not require separate verification. While such reports are considered verified upon receipt by VA, they are return information subject to all of the use and disclosure restrictions provided in IRC Section 6103, IRS Publication 1075, Tax Information Security Guidelines for Federal, State, and Local Agencies, and this agreement.

Verification Procedure and Opportunity to Contest. A. Beneficiaries of Individual ofindividual Unemployability 1. Verification Procedures VA VANBA will independently verify all income information to determine the validity or applicability of the information info1mation obtained through this matching program prior to the termination, denial, suspension, or reduction of any benefits. VA VANBA will independently verify all wage and self-employment income with the payer or the beneficiary. 2. Opportunity to Contest Sixty days before taking any adverse action based on the information received from the match, VA VANBA will notify each beneficiary of any adverse information uncovered and give him or her opportunity to explain the circumstances prior to making a final eligibility determination dete1mination or adjustment to current benefits. VA VANBA will provide all the beneficiaries for whom VA VA/VBA decides adverse action is necessary with the following information: a. That VA VANBA has received information that indicates an adverse action is necessary. b. That the beneficiary has 60 days to contest the adverse action. B. Pension and Dependency and Indemnity Compensation Consistent with OMB 0MB guidance, published at 54 Fed. Reg. 25818, 25827 (June 19, 1989), VA VANBA will combine the independent verification and notice requirements for VA VANBA applicants and beneficiaries into a single step, as explained in paragraphs b and c below. VA VANBA expects that compressing these two steps will reduce the overpayments and under- payments underpayments created by delays in processing the match. Records of payments reported as being made by any component of the Department of Treasury, including interest on Federal tax refunds, do not require separate verification. While such reports are considered verified upon receipt by VAVBA, they are return information subject to all of the use and disclosure restrictions provided in IRC Section 6103, IRS Publication 1075, Tax Information Security Guidelines for Federal, State, and Local Agencies, and this agreement.