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STAKEHOLDER ENTERPRISE PORTAL The SEP (Stakeholder Enterprise Portal) is a single, secure entry portal that provides VA partner organizations and external stakeholders access to the web-based systems they need to assist Veterans and their dependents.

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WHAT DOES IT DO?? It helps Veterans Service Organizations and other external VA business partners represent Veterans more quickly, efficiently, and electronically.

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ADDRESSING THE BACKLOG The Veterans Benefits Administration goal is to eliminate the backlog and process all claims within 125 days with 98% accuracy in 2015. SEP is one element of the plan to make that goal. (When it works) it helps eliminate the submission of paper-based forms, ultimately contributing to a reduction in the claims processing time. With ALL of the needed and correct information SEP on average for the claims office can do a dependency claim from start to finish in approx. 1-2 days. This includes the Award Letter!!!

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WHO CAN/SHOULD USE SEP?? Veterans Service Organizations, education providers, doctors, attorneys, loan appraisers, benefit providers, and many others will be able to access information, upload documents, submit claims, and perform other actions on behalf of Veterans. As of 2014, VSOs are currently the only authorized partners able to use SEP. This will change of course as more accesses are granted in the future.

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WHAT CAN BE DONE ON SEP? Manage POA requests View claims status View pay history Apply for compensation Apply for DIC Add dependents Upload supporting documentation

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Home Page

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DASHBOARD HOME

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VETERAN SEARCH After users enter the information as prompted by the screen instructions, they click Search for Veterans.

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VETERAN SEARCH RESULTS Searches return Veteran records that match your search criteria, designate you as their representative, and meet the permission level.

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ACTIONS

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ONLINE APPLICATIONS

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ONLINE APPLICATIONS CONTD PRIVACY ACT STATEMENT

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APPLY FOR DEPENDENT BENEFITS

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UPDATING DEPENDENTS This screen is virtually a home screen when updating dependents

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UPDATING DEPENDENTS CONTD When adding or removing ANY dependent All areas must be updated. FOR EXAMPLE: When adding a new child for the veteran, you must still go through and update all marriage/divorce info along with correct info for every other dependent. This is why it is SO IMPORTANT to get all information regarding every dependent Whether or not youre doing anything for that other dependent.

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UPDATING DEPENDENTS CONTD

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After completion it will bring you back to the Dependent Update Home Page

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UPDATING AND CONTINUE THE DREDDED SPINNING WHEEL.

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10 MINUTES LATER YEAH I DONT THINK SO RIGHT NOW

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THE NEXT DAY

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ERROR CHECKS

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ERROR CHECK CONTD

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FINAL VALIDATION STEP

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FINAL VALIDATION CONTD

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FINAL CERTIFICATION PAGE

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CONFIRMATION #

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CONFIMATION # CONTD In essence this confirmation # is the only proof that you have that you have submitted this claim. In other words this is what our office gets instead of a date stamped transmittal. After this is given we print the page and scan the information into VetraSpec so that we still have proof that we submitted something on behalf of the Veteran.

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UPLOAD

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**VERIFYING THE UPLOAD** ALWAYS try to remember to verify the upload.

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ANY QUESTIONS???