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COMBINED MANUAL
ISSUE DATE 06/2019
GLOSSARY: TWO PARTY...
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VERIFICATION The process and evidence used to establish accuracy or completeness of information from an APPLICANT, PARTICIPANT, THIRD PARTY, etc. See 0010 (Verification).
VETERAN A person who served in active duty (not active duty for training) in the United States Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, or Coast Guard who fulfilled the minimum 2 years active duty service requirement and was released with a discharge characterized as honorable and NOT on account of alienage. This includes people who died while or after serving in active duty. A veteran is also a person with certain military service before 7-1-46, in the military and some organized guerilla forces of the Philippine government, including service in the Philippine Scouts.
VETERANS' BENEFITS Benefits and services provided by the United States Veterans Administration (VA) to people who have served in the United States armed forces and their dependents.