1. Docket Books will be opened by the Administrative Division and by each Field Team.

2. Applicants in the different regions will submit their applications Teams concerned in accordance with procedures prescribed in Memorandum Circular No. 90-1.  In cases where an individual applicant, Accredited Conta Officer or PVAO Contact Officer in any region finds it more convenient, he m submit the application by mail or by hand direct to the Administrative Divis PVAO, Manila.

3.      Each application will be entered in the docket book and assigned a c number consisting of thirteen characters (letters and numerals) arranged in grouping:  AA-A00-00-000000.

3.1.   The first two characters indicate the type of benefit being claimed:

	AP	-	Additional Pensions for Dependents of Totally Disabled Veterans
	BA	-	Burial Assistance
	DP	-	Death Pension for Indigent Parents DS - Disability Pension
	DW	-	Death Pension for Surviving Spouse and Minor Orphans
	EB	-	Educational Benefit
	OV	-	Old Age Pension for Veteran
	OW	-	Old Age Pension for Surviving Spouse

3.2.      The next three characters/numerals indicate the docketing office:

	MCO	-	Manila Central Office, PVAO
	FO1	-	Field Team Number 1, Vigan
	FO2	-	Field Team Number 2, Bayombong
	FO3	-	Field Team Number 3, Dagupan
	FO5	-	Field Team Number 5, Legaspi
	FO6	-	Field Team Number 6, Iloilo
	F6A	-	Field Team Number 6A, Bacolod
	F6A	-	Field Team Number 6A, Bacolod
	F07	-	Field Team Number 7, Cebu
	F08	-	Field Team Number 8, Tacloban
	F8A	-	Field Team Number 8A, Catbalogan
	F10	-	Field Team Number 10, Cagayan de Oro
	F11	-	Field Team Number 11, Davao

3.3. The next two numerals indicate the year the application is filed: 90 fo year 1990, 91 for the year 1991.

3.4. The last six numerals indicate the sequence number of the application a received in the particular docketing office: from 000001 to 999999.

Adopted: 12 June 1990

(Sgd.) ERNESTO S. GIDAYA
Brigadier General, AFP (Ret)
Administrator