# Presentation: 016835

## VETSNET Status 

- VETSNET Status
*VA/Treasury Meeting*
- October 19, 2007

**U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs**
**Veterans Benefits Administration**

## Agenda

- What is VETSNET
- VETSNET Activity
- Releases VR1 to VR 3
- Conversion
- What’s next

## What is VETSNET?

- VETSNET will replace the legacy Compensation and Pension system (BDN) and includes the following major applications:
_**Share/Search and Participant Profile (SPP)**_ – supports claims establishment, records and updates basic information about veterans and their dependents in the corporate and legacy databases.
_**Modern Award Processing – Development (MAP-D)**_ – supports development of claims, and workflow tracking.
_**Rating Board Automation 2000 (RBA2000)**_ -- supports the rating and evaluation of disability claims.
_**Awards**_ -- used to prepare the award and calculate benefit awards.
_**Finance & Accounting System (FAS)**_ – supports generation and audit of benefit payments.

## VETSNET C&P Components

## VETSNET End of Year Activity Data

- 99% of all 010/110 EPs processed used VETSNET Awards in September
- 75% cumulative for the FY
-   5% cumulative for FY 2006
- 42% of all Rating EPs processed used VETSNET Awards in September
- 37% cumulative for the FY
-  2% cumulative for FY 2006
-  209,318 veterans are “on the rolls” (receiving their monthly comp check via VETSNET)
- This total includes
- 16,095 veterans converted at Lincoln during May
-   6,911 veterans converted at Lincoln in FY 2005
- 44,071 veterans converted at Nashville during July
- 20,265 veterans converted at Albuquerque during July
- Total Converted: 87,342 (6,011 in FY 2005; 80,341 in FY 2007)
- Net gain to the VETSNET rolls through award action:  121,976
- 10,385 on the rolls at end of FY 2006
- 54 Regional Offices processed over 90% of 010/110 EPs via VETSNET during September
- $926.9 million in compensation and pension benefits paid through VETSNET in FY 2007
- Includes approximately 135 pension cases being paid through VETSNET rather than returning to BDN

## FY2007 VETSNET C&P Payment Metrics

| MM/YY
(EOM) | Number EFT Payments (mo.) | $ Amount of EFT Payments (mo.) | Number  Check Payments (mo.) | $ Amount of Check Payments (mo.) | Total Number of Payments (mo.) | Total $ Amount of Payments (mo.) | $ Amount
FY to Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10/06 | 11,018 | $4,698,110 | 522 | $714,948 | 11,540 | $5,413,058 | $5,413,058 |
| 11/06 | 12,292 | $6,288,409 | 2,964 | $4,517,037 | 15,256 | $10,805,446 | $16,228,491 |
| 12/06 | 13,410 | $7,610,734 | 6,214 | $8,206,883 | 19,624 | $15,817,617 | $31,046,358 |
| 01/07 | 15,951 | $10,015,029 | 9,577 | $12,439,501 | 25,528 | $22,454,530 | $53,500,887 |
| 02/07 | 19,448 | $13,316,207 | 14,444 | $21,316,176 | 33,892 | $34,632,384 | $88,133,271 |
| 03/07 | 26,972 | $24,581,548 | 23,564 | $37,062,548 | 50,536 | $61,644,096 | $149,777,367 |
| 04/07 | 35,642 | $28,191,275 | 28,880 | $42,616,411 | 64,522 | $70,807,686 | $220,585,053 |
| 05/07 | 45,128 | $37,494,287 | 36,841 | $52,363,153 | 81,969 | $89,857,440 | $310,442,492 |
| 06/07 | 66,085 | $53,355,063 | 45,632 | $56,851,539 | 111,717 | $110,206,602 | $420,649,095 |
| 07/07 | 76,503 | $61,969,082 | 51,921 | $59,162,994 | 128,424 | $121,132,076 | $541,781,171 |
| 08/07 | 145,176 | $121,125,839 | 65,841 | $70,068,377 | 211,017 | $191,194,216 | $732,646,775 |
| 09/07 | 154,349 | $125,286,634 | 70,385 | $68,967,619 | 224,734 | $194,254,253 | $926,901,027 |

## VETSNET Release 1 (VR1)

- “Complete Compensation”; finalizes our ability to process compensation claims and includes significant Finance and Accounting System (FAS) functionality and third-party / non-veteran payee claims (apportionment, fiduciary, attorneys)
*Additional Finance functionality from VR1*
- Receivable functionality including interfaces to and from DMC (Oct. 07)
- Insurance interfaces pilot (Oct. 07)
- Automated return pay (Oct. – Nov. 07)
- Automated EFT enrollment and notice of change (by Feb. 08)

## VETSNET Release 2 (VR2)

- “Survivor Benefits”; includes ability to process Burial, Accrued, and Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) claims
-  Expected release to production in February 2008
-  Enhanced accounting reports
- Corrects some manual workarounds

## VETSNET Release 3 (VR3)

- “Income Based Pension”; includes Non-Service Connected Pension (Veteran and Survivor) and Parents DIC claims
- Expected release to production in August 2008
- Additional Finance functionality
- VR&E Direct Loans
- Loan Guarantee Debts
-  VR&E Debts

## VETSNET Conversion Timeline

- Basic Comp Conversion 1

- VR2

- Basic Comp Conversion 2

- Basic Comp Conversion 3

- VR3

- Complex Comp Beta

- COLA

- Complex Comp Remaining + Beta DIC

- DIC Conversion

- Pension Beta Conversion

- Pension Conversion

- Clean up Conversion & Protected Laws

**JAN**

**FEB**

**MAR**

**APR**

**MAY**

**JUN**

**JUL**

**AUG**

**SEP**

**OCT**

**NOV**

**DEC**

**JAN**

**FEB**

**MAR**

**APR**

**MAY**

**JUN**

**JUL**

**2008**

**2009**

-          VETSNET
-     revised  06-20-07

**Notes:**
Comments:
The VET discussed the impact of the proposed conversion schedules, in order to be aggressive while containing as much risk as possible.

Easy Comp is – Lincoln Nashville and Albuquerque w/out functionality such as; offsets and receivables { Where the online applications do not have the functionality}.
Initial Hard Comp is the Beta sites plus Albuquerque

The VET mentioned the original Conversion schedule would push out two months based on this approach.

In response to a question from PA&I (M. Bologna) the VET said that Easy Comp converts approximately 85% of available records.

C&P (Tom Pamperin)  asked about impacts from potential legislative changes.
The VET answered that the rework would be on the online side (omnibus changes are on the gui side)

## ReleaseDevelopment

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**VR1 “Complete Compensation”**This release will complete the Awards and FAS functionalities necessary toprocess all *new* Compensation claims. This includes: Apportionments,Incompetency, Attorney Fee, etc.

- Requirements/Design/Build/Test/Move to Prod

- Ramp UpOperations (as needed)

- ReleaseFunctional**August 2007**

- Test – Terminated300K **March 2007**

- Lincoln, NE Live Comp
**May 2007**

- Nashville / Albuquerque
-  Live Comp**July 2007**

- Live Comp 500k-tot 500k**Jan 2008** (est)

- Live Comp 750k-tot 1.25m**Apr 2008** (est)

- Live Comp 750k-tot 2.0m**June 2008** (est)

- Finish DIC 325k-tot 2.8m**Feb 2009** (est)

- PMC 1 200k-tot 3m**April 2009** (est)

- PMC 2&3 400k-tot 3.4m**June 2009** (est)

- VETSNET in MAINTENANCE  All VETSNET releases and applications in maintenance

**Development****COMPLETE****August 2008**

**VR2 “Non-Income Based Survivor Benefits”**This release will consist of the Awards and FAS functionalities necessaryto process non-income based claims filed by the veteran’s survivors.  Thisincludes: Burial & Plot Allowance, Spouse & Child Dependency and IndemnityCompensation (DIC), and Accrued Benefits

- Requirements/Design/Build/Test/Move to Prod

- Ramp UpOperations (as needed)

- ReleaseFunctional**February 2008**

**Release****Development**

**Conversion**

- 2006

- 2007

- 2008

- 2009

- 85% Service ConnectedCompensation Claims OFF BDNand IN VETSNET in June;
- Remainder in VETSNET Dec 2008

- DIC OFF BDNand IN VETSNET

- PensionProcessingOFF BDN andIN VETSNET

**VETSNET INTEGRATED MASTER SCHEDULE**

-          VETSNET
-     revised  06-20-07

- Remaining Comp Beta **Oct 2008** (est)

- Finish Comp & DIC Beta **Dec 2008** (est)

- “Clean Up” Residuals
- Jul 2009

## Integrated Master Schedule –                   Weekend Schedules for 2007-2009

**Systems Unavailable During These Weekends**

| November 17-18, 2007 | Coordinated Install (some VETSNET items will be delivered) |
| --- | --- |
| * November 2007 | 2007 COLA |
| January 19-20, 2008 | Conversion - Live Compensation (basic) – Conversion - Live Compensation (basic) – 10 ROs – Resource Centers and Cleveland (Tiger Team) |
| February 23-24, 2008 | VETSNET Release 2 (Survivor Benefits) |
| April 19-20, 2008 | Conversion – Live Compensation (basic) – 24 ROs – Remaining Stations in Central and Western Areas  |
| June 21-22, 2008 | Live Compensation (basic) – Live Compensation (basic) – 21 ROs – Remaining Stations in Eastern and Southern Areas |
| August 30-31, 2008 | VETSNET Release 3 (Non Service Connected Pension Benefits) |
| October 18-19, 2008 | Live Compensation (complex) – beta at 3 ROs |
| * November 2008 | 2008 COLA |
| * December 2008 | Conversion - Live Compensation (complex) – remaining ROs and Beta DIC (3 ROs).  Completes conversion of Compensation |
| February 2009 | Conversion – remaining DIC |
| April 2009 | Conversion – Pension Beta |
| June 2009 | Conversion – remaining Pension |
| July 2009 | Conversion clean-up and Protected Laws |

- * Working with Hines SIO to confirm 2008 schedule.