hmcquade Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 (edited) Ok another question Has anyone used: William Sniger, M.D. Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Specialist 360 Pleasant Street, Raynham, MA 02767 For IMO. Thanks, Hugh Edited May 29, 2014 by hmcquade Link to comment
0 Snake Eyes Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 I've noticed a pattern in Dr. Bash's IMOs (the examples provided on his site and the one he did for me) in that they state the condition in the context that there was no doctor-diagnosed condition prior to service (entered service fit for duty, etc.) and relates each contention to a service connected event or as secondary to a service connected (already rated) condition. He doesn't leave wiggle room and the rater or the C&P docs have to prove his medical reasoning wrong in order to disallow it, which I'm sure happens often (and just as often the rater is overturned on appeal). The key is that the IMO (whether one, two or whatever) must stick to the contested issues and show service-connection directly or through other already service-connected conditions.... and not have a lot of philosophy thrown in :-) One aspect of the IMO Dr. Bash did that would concern me is saying to a 90% certainty, condition X is related to the patient's XXXX condition or his YYYY condition. He gave a solid (to my layman's eyes) explanation for either possibility while emphasizing the likelihood of one over the other. Hopefully, the rater will take him at his word, so to speak :-) Link to comment
0 Berta Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 I developed the IMO criteria here in our IMO forum by going over the key points he covered in the 2 IMOs he did for me many years ago. Dr. Bash is a former VA doctor and he knows, in my opinion, a lot more as to the rating criteria and all of the regs , then most vet reps do. He always provides a solid medical rationale for his opinions. My claim he did IMOs for regarded a disability no one at VA had ever diagnosed my husband with. My daughter, a vet , while inservice, told me to file this claim. I had already won what I thought was the last claim I had with the VA. But after I reviewed the med recs many more times, I knew she was right. The only reason he did two IMOs is that my RO ignored the first one. Then they even ignored the second one. The BVA sure didnt ignore anything and awarded the claim. Snake Eyes 1 Link to comment
0 manni Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 Can I have Dr. Sniger email, please Link to comment
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hmcquade
Ok another question
Has anyone used:
William Sniger, M.D.
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Specialist
360 Pleasant Street, Raynham, MA 02767
For IMO.
Thanks,
Hugh
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