Do you meet accreditation requirements to represent or advise clients before the Department of Veterans Affairs?

AGENDA

8:30-9:00 AM Registration
9:00-9:15 Representation before the Department of Veterans Affairs
9:15-9:45 Department of Veterans Affairs Claims Procedure
9:45-10:15 Basic Eligibility for Department of Veterans Affairs Benefits
10:15-10:30 Break
10:30-10:45 Right to Appeal
10:45-11: 30 Disability Compensation
11:30-Noon Pensions
Noon-12:15 PM Dependency & Indemnity Credits

Presented by: Jeannette Keller, Attorney at Law
Bowman & DePree L.L.C., Davenport, Iowa

About the Presenter:
Jeannette Keller's background, in addition to prior and current positions in private practice, includes twenty years of experience representing clients on veteran's issues for Iowa Legal Aid. She was the first, and for a long time the only, attorney in Iowa licensed to practice before the Court of Veterans Appeals. Jeannette wrote a series of booklets for client education: VA Benefits: Steps in the Process from Applications to Appeals; VA Pensions When Disabilities May Not Be Related to Military Service ;and Veterans Affairs Benefits: Overpayments, Waivers and Compromises. Jeannette is also author of the Iowa Legal Aid Volunteer Lawyers Project Practice Manual section on Veterans' Benefits.

This seminar is designed to provide the continuing legal education accreditation required to represent or advise clients on Department of Veterans Affairs matters. For details on the accreditation required by the VA, go to http://www.va.gov/ogc/accred_faqs.asp