C&P Exam

[sandwds]

I just had my C&P exam about 1 1/2 week ago. My question is will they rater use what they said to approve or deny my claim or will they not only look at the exam, but look at the service record and my Dr visits. The C&P examiner kind of stated on my exam that I waited a very long time to file a claim and she never asked me why I waited so long. My reason being I never knew about service connected claims. I just found out this year, when I went to the VA clinic for the 1st time. When I got out nobody told me anything, except for home loans and education

[Vync]

10 minutes ago, sandwds said:

I just had my C&P exam about 1 1/2 week ago. My question is will they rater use what they said to approve or deny my claim or will they not only look at the exam, but look at the service record and my Dr visits. The C&P examiner kind of stated on my exam that I waited a very long time to file a claim and she never asked me why I waited so long. My reason being I never knew about service connected claims. I just found out this year, when I went to the VA clinic for the 1st time. When I got out nobody told me anything, except for home loans and education

The rater is "supposed" to look at everything such as, service treatment records, VA medical treatment records, and also any civilian treatment records (you'll need to provide copies and/or permission to release them to the VA).

If they deny your claim, don't give up. The VA probably denied claims to most of the Hadit family at one point. Evidence wins claims.

For service connection (SC) of most claims (except presumptives), you'll need:

1. Event/illness/injury in service
2. Current diagnosis
3. Doctor connecting 1 and 2 with adequate medical rationale