VA TASK AND APPROVAL CARD Request ID and service category: Requester and date: Useful result required: Inputs ready, with authoritative links: Provider acceptance of scope/deadline: Priority and work displaced by any urgent change: Deadline with named time zone: Current state and evidence for that state: Draft/output link: Current version to review: If the reviewer cannot browse version history, owner-supplied dated copy: Acceptance conditions: Client-reserved decision or action: If blocked Exact missing fact or decision: What has already been checked: Safe work that can continue: Person who can resolve it: Decision needed by, and consequence of no answer: Review record Version reviewed: Accepted or changes required: Specific reason/changes: Approver and date: Final authorised action and completion evidence: Suggested states: Proposed, Ready, In progress, Waiting for decision, Ready for review, Accepted. Ready requires agreed scope and complete inputs; record requested revisions explicitly before returning the item to active work. Define entry/exit rules before using the labels. Keep confidential source material in separately restricted files, not hidden tracker tabs.