diff --git a/src/common-components/question-chain/question-chain.vue b/src/common-components/question-chain/question-chain.vue
index 87dfaee7a..9fa281f50 100644
--- a/src/common-components/question-chain/question-chain.vue
+++ b/src/common-components/question-chain/question-chain.vue
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 <script>
 import buttonQuestion from "@/common-components/button-question/button-question";
+import { useValidateForm } from "vee-validate";
 
 export default {
   name: "questionChain",
@@ -32,38 +33,46 @@ export default {
     validationRules: String,
     modelValue: Array,
     partIndex:  Number,
+    key: String,
   },
-  created() {
+  async created() {
+    // validate form upon create to prevent out of sync / persistent valid states
+    await useValidateForm(); // do a test validation check, without triggering full validation
+
     this.questionData.partQuestions.map((q, i) => {
       let answerPair = [];
-      const eachQuestion = {
-            questionText: q.questionText,
-            questionSequence: q.questionSequence,
-            answers: q.answers.map((a) => {
-                answerPair.push(a.nextQuestionSequence ? a.nextQuestionSequence : a.answerResult);
-                return {
-                    Text: a.answerText,
-                    // Name will either be nextQuestionSequence or answerResult
-                    // Name will be used by list-button as the input value.
-                    // It must be a single string or number, so concatenating together a string with
-                    //       4 pieces of data separated by pipe characters:
-                    //       question number|type of answer|answer value|answer text
-                    Name: a.nextQuestionSequence ? 
-                      q.questionSequence + "|nextQuestion|" + a.nextQuestionSequence + "|" + a.answerText : 
-                      q.questionSequence + "|answer|" + a.answerResult + "|" + a.answerText,
-                    nextQuestionSequence: a.nextQuestionSequence,
-                }
-            }),
-            answerSelected: "",
+      const question = {
+        questionText: q.questionText,
+        questionSequence: q.questionSequence,
+        answers: q.answers.map((a) => {
+            answerPair.push(a.nextQuestionSequence ? a.nextQuestionSequence : a.answerResult);
+            return {
+                Text: a.answerText + " (" + a.answerResult + a.nextQuestionSequence + ")",
+                // Name will either be nextQuestionSequence or answerResult
+                // Name will be used by list-button as the input value.
+                // It must be a single string or number, so concatenating together a string with
+                //       4 pieces of data separated by pipe characters:
+                //       question number|type of answer|answer value|answer text
+                Name: a.nextQuestionSequence ? 
+                  q.questionSequence + "|nextQuestion|" + a.nextQuestionSequence + "|" + a.answerText : 
+                  q.questionSequence + "|answer|" + a.answerResult + "|" + a.answerText,
+                nextQuestionSequence: a.nextQuestionSequence,
+            }
+        }),
+        answerSelected: "",
       };
-      eachQuestion.answerPair = answerPair;
-      this.questions.push(eachQuestion);
+      question.answerPair = answerPair;
+      if (!q.suppressQuestion) {
+        this.questions.push(question);
+      }
     });
+    // set this.currentQuestionNum to first valid question
+    this.currentQuestionNum = this.questions[1].questionSequence;
   },
   computed: {
     selectedValue: {
       get: function() {
-        return "";
+        return this.modelValue[0];
       },
       set: function(returnedAnswer) {
         const isQuestionChainComplete = this.handleReturnedAnswer(returnedAnswer);
@@ -78,7 +87,7 @@ export default {
     },
   },
   methods: {
-    handleReturnedAnswer(returnedAnswer) {   // returns either a final answer or Boolean false
+    handleReturnedAnswer(returnedAnswer) {   // this method will return either a final answer or Boolean false
       if (!returnedAnswer) { return false }
 
       // Example returnedAnswers:
@@ -86,25 +95,25 @@ export default {
       //   "5|answer|DW02104|Yes"
 
       const returnedAnswerArray = returnedAnswer.split("|");
-      const questionNum = returnedAnswerArray[0];
+      const questionNum = parseInt(returnedAnswerArray[0]);
       const questionType = returnedAnswerArray[1];
       const questionAnswer = returnedAnswerArray[2];
       const questionAnswerText = returnedAnswerArray[3];
 
-      // remove all previous answers after the index of this one in questions
-      this.questions.map((q) => {
-        if ((q.questionSequence > questionNum) || (q.answerPair?.includes(questionAnswer))) {
-          q.answerSelected = "";
+      this.questions.forEach((q) => {
+        // mark this question as "answered"
+        if (q.questionSequence === questionNum) {
+          q.answerSelected = questionAnswerText;
+          q.answerNumber = questionNum;
+        }
+        // remove all previous answers after the index of this one in questions
+        if ((q.questionSequence > questionNum)) {
+          delete q.answerSelected;
         }
-        return q;
       });
 
-      // set this question as "answered"
-      this.questions[questionNum].answerSelected = questionAnswerText;
-      this.questions[questionNum].answerNumber = questionNum;
-
       // update to next question index
-      this.currentQuestionNum = questionType === "nextQuestion" ? parseInt(questionAnswer) : parseInt(questionNum); // update count to display next question
+      this.currentQuestionNum = questionType === "nextQuestion" ? parseInt(questionAnswer) : questionNum; // update count to display next question
 
       // return false if there's a nextQuestion... or return an object with "final" answers
       if (questionType === "nextQuestion") {
diff --git a/src/layouts/part-questions/part-questions.vue b/src/layouts/part-questions/part-questions.vue
index db237ce2b..cfaa97fc8 100644
--- a/src/layouts/part-questions/part-questions.vue
+++ b/src/layouts/part-questions/part-questions.vue
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@
                 <div v-for="(part, i) in partsQuestionsData" :key="i">
                     <questionChain
                         ref="questionChain"
-                        v-model="selectedModel"
+                        :key="part.key"
+                        v-model="selectedAnswer"
                         :questionData="part"
                         :partIndex="i"
                         v-if="showThisPartQuestionChain(part, i)"
@@ -91,17 +92,14 @@ export default {
     },
     data() {
         return {
-            selectedModel: [],
-            partsQuestionsData: this.$store.getters.pageData(fmgPageValues.PART_QUESTIONS)?.partsOrQuestions.filter((p) => {
-                if (Array.isArray(p.partQuestions) && p.partQuestions.length > 0) {
-                    return {
-                        glassName: p.glassName,
-                        glassLocation: p.glassLocation,
-                        partQuestions: p.partQuestions,
-                    };
-                }
+            partsQuestionsFromApi: this.$store.getters.pageData(fmgPageValues.PART_QUESTIONS)?.partsOrQuestions.filter((p) => {
+                return Array.isArray(p.partQuestions) && p.partQuestions.length > 0;
             }),
+            selectedAnswer: [],
             currentPartNum: 0,
+            newAnswersArray: [],
+            partsQuestionsData: [],
+            foundDuplicateQuestions: [],
         };
     },
     computed: {
@@ -113,10 +111,16 @@ export default {
 		},
     },
     mixins: [vehicleQuestionsMixin],
+    mounted() {
+        this.partsQuestionsData = this.partsQuestionsFromApi.map((part, i) => {
+            part.key = part.glassLocation + part.glassName;
+            return part;
+        });
+    },
     methods: {
         showThisPartQuestionChain(part, i) {
-            if (part.partQuestions?.length < 1) { return false; } // return false if only one partQuestion
-            if (this.currentPartNum === i || part.answerData?.answerResult.length > 0) { return true; }
+            if (part.partQuestions?.length < 1 || part.suppressPart) { return false; } // return false if no partQuestions or if suppressed
+            if (this.currentPartNum === i || part.answerData?.answerResult?.length > 0) { return true; }
             return false;
         },
         backButtonAction() {
@@ -136,6 +140,11 @@ export default {
                 };
             });
 
+            // clear out answerData for future page loads; must occur prior to store save
+            this.partsQuestionsData.forEach((part) => {
+                part.answerData = {};
+            });
+
             // save to vuex store as order.damage.partQuestionAnswers (array)
             await this.dispatchStoreAction(this.storeActions.SAVE_PART_QUESTION_ANSWERS, partQuestionAnswersArray, false);
 
@@ -146,7 +155,6 @@ export default {
                 });
 
             const glassNameAndPartsForStore = partsLookup.data.glassNameAndParts;
-
             const hasGlassLocationWithMultipleParts = this.hasGlassLocationWithMultipleParts(glassNameAndPartsForStore);
             const hasChildPartQuestions = this.hasChildPartQuestions(glassNameAndPartsForStore);
             const hasCapabilityQuestions = this.hasCapabilityQuestions(glassNameAndPartsForStore);
@@ -179,12 +187,215 @@ export default {
         },
     },
     watch: {
-        selectedModel(model) {
-            this.partsQuestionsData[model.partIndex].answerData = {
-                answerResult: model.answerResult,
-                answeredQuestions: model.answeredQuestions,
+        selectedAnswer(answer) {
+            // when selectedAnswer updates, user has completed this part's question chain and has a final answer
+                // (does not get run for each invididual question's answer, only when 
+                //  all relevent questions for the current part have been answered)
+            const glassPart = this.partsQuestionsData[answer.partIndex];
+            const completeAnsweredQuestions = [...answer.answeredQuestions];
+            const answeredQuestionIndexes = [];
+
+            // examine all the answers returned that were part of the user's journey through question-chain
+
+            // loop through every answered question on currently answered glass part
+            answer.answeredQuestions.forEach((aq) => {
+
+                // gather all the question numbers of the answered questions
+                answeredQuestionIndexes.push(aq.questionNum);
+
+                const answeredQuestionText = aq.questionText.toUpperCase();
+                const answeredQuestionAnswer = aq.selectedAnswerText.toUpperCase();
+
+                // HANDLE DUPLICATE QUESTIONS
+                // loop through all glass parts data (but only examining parts after currently being answered part)
+                this.partsQuestionsData.forEach((glassPart, i) => {
+                    
+                    // restrict duplicate logic to only parts that follow the currently being answered part
+                    if (i > answer.partIndex) {
+
+                        // loop through this glass part's part questions, looking for a questionText match
+                        glassPart.partQuestions.forEach((pq, pqIndex) => {
+                            // does pq.questionText match answeredQuestionText? (do we have a duplicate question?)
+
+                            if (pq.questionText.toUpperCase() === answeredQuestionText) {
+                                // which one of this partQuestions' answers matches our answer?
+
+                                let matchedAnswer;
+                                pq.answers.forEach((ans, ansIndex) => {
+                                    delete pq.answers[ansIndex].selected;
+                                    if (ans.answerText.toUpperCase() === answeredQuestionAnswer) {
+                                        matchedAnswer = ans;
+                                        pq.answers[ansIndex].selected = true;
+                                    }
+                                });
+
+                                if (matchedAnswer) {
+                                    const thisAnsweredPartQuestion = glassPart.partQuestions[pqIndex];
+
+                                    // remove answerData from this glass part
+                                    delete glassPart.answerData;
+                                    delete glassPart.suppressPart;
+
+                                    // Update the key to re-render this part's question-chain component
+                                    this.partsQuestionsData[i].key = this.partsQuestionsData[i].glassLocation + this.partsQuestionsData[i].glassName + Date.now().toString();
+
+                                    // handle suppressing downstream in this question chain
+                                    const rejectedAnswer = thisAnsweredPartQuestion.answers.filter((ans) => {
+                                        return !ans.selected;
+                                    });
+
+                                    if (rejectedAnswer[0].nextQuestionSequence) {
+                                        glassPart.partQuestions[rejectedAnswer[0].nextQuestionSequence - 1].suppressQuestion = true;
+                                    }
+                                    if (matchedAnswer.nextQuestionSequence) {
+                                        // ensure that accepted answer is NOT suppressed
+                                        delete glassPart.partQuestions[matchedAnswer.nextQuestionSequence - 1].suppressQuestion;
+                                    }
+
+                                    // handle suppressing upstream in this question chain
+                                    glassPart.partQuestions.forEach((q) => {
+                                        q.answers.forEach((thisAns) => {
+                                            // restore any of the answers that formerly led to the duplicated question
+                                            if (thisAns.originalNextQuestionSequence === pq.questionSequence) {
+                                                // restore original nextQuestionSequence
+                                                thisAns.nextQuestionSequence = thisAns.originalNextQuestionSequence;
+                                                delete thisAns.originalNextQuestionSequence;
+                                                // restore original answerResult
+                                                if (thisAns.originalAnswerResult) {
+                                                    thisAns.answerResult = thisAns.originalAnswerResult;
+                                                    delete thisAns.originalAnswerResult;
+                                                }
+                                            }
+                                            // search for any of the answers that lead to the duplicated question
+                                            if (thisAns.nextQuestionSequence === pq.questionSequence) {
+                                                // update either the nextQuestionSequence or the answerResult
+                                                if (matchedAnswer.nextQuestionSequence) {
+                                                    thisAns.originalNextQuestionSequence = thisAns.nextQuestionSequence;
+                                                    thisAns.nextQuestionSequence = matchedAnswer.nextQuestionSequence;
+                                                } else {
+                                                    thisAns.originalNextQuestionSequence = thisAns.nextQuestionSequence;
+                                                    thisAns.nextQuestionSequence = null;
+                                                    thisAns.originalAnswerResult = thisAns.originalAnswerResult || thisAns.answerResult;
+                                                    thisAns.answerResult = matchedAnswer.answerResult;
+                                                }
+                                            }
+                                        });
+                                    });
+                                    
+                                    // suppress current question
+                                    thisAnsweredPartQuestion.suppressQuestion = true;
+                                    
+                                    const thisGlassPart = "glassPart" + i;
+                                    if (this.foundDuplicateQuestions[thisGlassPart]) {
+                                        if (!this.foundDuplicateQuestions[thisGlassPart].includes(thisAnsweredPartQuestion.questionSequence)) {
+                                            this.foundDuplicateQuestions[thisGlassPart].push(thisAnsweredPartQuestion.questionSequence);
+                                        }
+                                    } else {
+                                        this.foundDuplicateQuestions[thisGlassPart] = [thisAnsweredPartQuestion.questionSequence];
+                                    }
+
+                                    // are there any questions left that are not suppressed?
+                                    const remainingQuestions = glassPart.partQuestions.filter((q) => {
+                                        return !q.suppressQuestion;
+                                    });
+
+                                    if (remainingQuestions.length < 1) {
+                                        // this is the final answer for this glass part
+
+                                        // mark this part as completely answered by adding answerData
+                                        const answeredQuestionObj = {
+                                            questionText: pq.questionText,
+                                            selectedAnswerText: matchedAnswer.answerText,
+                                            questionNum: pq.questionSequence,
+                                        };
+                                        // set the answerData as 'already answered'
+                                        glassPart.answerData = {
+                                            answerResult: matchedAnswer.nextQuestionSequence ? matchedAnswer.nextQuestionSequence : matchedAnswer.answerResult,
+                                            answeredQuestions: [answeredQuestionObj],
+                                        };
+
+                                        // suppress this glassPart because it has an answer
+                                        glassPart.suppressPart = true;
+                                    }
+
+                                } // END of if (matchedAnswer)
+                                
+                            }
+
+                        });
+                    }
+
+                });
+
+            });
+
+            // look through all (this part's) part questions for any duplicates that were suppressed; 
+            // add them to the list of answered questions if found
+
+            // EX answeredQuestionIndexes: [1,5,11,13]
+
+            // EX this.foundDuplicateQuestions = {
+            //     "glassPart1": [1],
+            //     "glassPart2": [7, 10]
+            // };
+
+            const thisPartsDupes = this.foundDuplicateQuestions["glassPart" + answer.partIndex];
+
+            thisPartsDupes?.forEach((dupe) => {
+                // dupe is a single integer
+                const dupeQuestion = glassPart.partQuestions[dupe - 1];
+                const dupeQuestionAnswer = dupeQuestion.answers.find((q) => q.selected === true);
+
+                glassPart.partQuestions.forEach((q) => {
+                    let includeThisDupeInAnsweredQuestions = false;
+
+                    // did one of the answers of this question point to the duplicated question?
+                    q.answers.forEach((a) => {
+                        if ((dupe === a.originalNextQuestionSequence) && 
+                        (answeredQuestionIndexes.includes(q.questionSequence)) &&
+                        (a.answerText.toUpperCase() === dupeQuestionAnswer.answerText.toUpperCase())) {
+                            includeThisDupeInAnsweredQuestions = true;
+                        }
+                    });
+
+                    // is this q.questionSequnce listed as the duplicated question's nextQuestionSequence?
+                    if ((q.questionSequence === dupeQuestionAnswer.nextQuestionSequence) && (answeredQuestionIndexes.includes(q.questionSequence))) {
+                        includeThisDupeInAnsweredQuestions = true;
+                    }
+
+                    if (includeThisDupeInAnsweredQuestions) {
+                        completeAnsweredQuestions.push({
+                            questionNum: dupeQuestion.questionSequence,
+                            questionText: dupeQuestion.questionText,
+                            selectedAnswerText: dupeQuestionAnswer.answerText,
+                        });
+                    }
+                });
+            });
+
+            // make sure there are no duplicated dupes...
+            const foundInCompleteAnsweredQuestions = new Set();
+            let filteredCompleteAnsweredQuestions = completeAnsweredQuestions.filter(el => {
+                const duplicate = foundInCompleteAnsweredQuestions.has(el.questionText);
+                foundInCompleteAnsweredQuestions.add(el.questionText);
+                return !duplicate;
+            });
+            filteredCompleteAnsweredQuestions = filteredCompleteAnsweredQuestions.sort((a,b) => a.questionNum - b.questionNum);
+
+            // set final answer data for the current answered glass part
+            glassPart.answerData = {
+                answerResult: answer.answerResult,
+                answeredQuestions: filteredCompleteAnsweredQuestions,
+            }
+
+            // this part has been fully answered, so advance to next part's question chain
+            for (let i = answer.partIndex + 1; i < this.partsQuestionsData.length; i++) {
+                // if this part has not yet been fully answered, then make it the current part
+                if (!this.partsQuestionsData[i].answerData?.answerResult) {
+                    this.currentPartNum = i;
+                    break;
+                }
             }
-            this.currentPartNum = model.partIndex + 1;
         },
     },
     components: {
diff --git a/src/store/index.js b/src/store/index.js
index 44dfccfcc..f2257d9e9 100644
--- a/src/store/index.js
+++ b/src/store/index.js
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ export const mutations = {
     state.order.damage.glassToReplace = glassToReplace;
   },
   updatePartQuestionAnswers(state, answersArray) {
-    state.order.damage.partQuestionAnswers =  answersArray;
+    state.order.damage.partQuestionAnswers = answersArray;
   },
   updateGlassParts(state, partsData) {
     state.order.lineItems.glassParts = partsData;