**PARIS VA Codes**

**[Payee Number]{.underline}**

00 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]{.underline}**

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]{.underline}**

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]{.underline}**

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]{.underline}**

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]{.underline}**

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]{.underline}**

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]{.underline}** - This field contains a code to indicate
the reason for the award change.

00 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20 Claim withdrawn or benefits renounced.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]{.underline}** - This field contains a code
designating the type of benefit and period of service.

[First Position]{.underline} [Second Position]{.underline}

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)

**[Dependency Codes - Living Veteran]{.underline}**

00 Veteran The second position will reflect

10 Veteran - Spouse 0 when there are no children, or

20 Veteran - Spouse - Father 1-9 to indicate the number of

30 Veteran - Spouse - Mother children.

40 Veteran - Spouse - Both Parents

50 Veteran - Father

60 Veteran- Mother

70 Veteran - Both Parents

8X Veteran - Child

**[Dependency Codes - Deceased Veteran]{.underline}**

10 Widow The second position will be 0 for

8X Child/ren no children entitled or 1-9 to show

70 Both Parents entitled the number of children.

50 Father only entitled

60 Mother only entitled

**[Withholding Type Codes]{.underline}**

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