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Berta and Company! Thank you again for the help. The VA is insisting that I fill out a FOIA for my C File. I told them I dont have to, since it's my file, but they disagreed. Any suggestions?

I do not have a regional office nearby. I do have a VA rep at the Legion I could talk to. The VA Medical Center is about an hour from my house. Do you think I can go to the records office and request a copy of my C file in person? When I filed in the past, I did not blow off my appointments. I would receive the letter and it would arrive after the appointment date indicated in the letter. How can they expect me to make it to an appointment if I dont get proper notice? The VA just recently sent me a letter with an appointment, and then another letter, stating my appointment was cancelled. Then VES started Fedex'ing appointments with civilian doctor (C&P) and a PFT test at the hospital nearby. So for now, I am waiting for the VA to decide on this claim. I am very thankful for the advice and assistance. It seems so overwhelming at times dealing with all of this - and where to start, and what's next. I will see about getting the C File.

Thank you for the response. I had a VA claim form in with my Air Force stuff and I thought that I worked with a VA rep back then to submit it - apparently not! The VA did not have the claim on file. So, now I'm in a holding pattern with the VA waiting for their decision. Thanks again - I will wait for others to replly.

Good Afternoon, I was medically separated in 2005 from the Air Force due to asthma. The Air Force recently sent me paper work about reviewing my separation (PDRB), which I have sent back to them to review. My DD214 stated that I was discharged with severance, service connected, and rated at 10 percent. Which technically should of been 30 since I was on an inhaler twice a day. In the mean time, I filed a claim with the VA, which was closed because they sent appointments to me in the mail after the appt date, etc, etc. Very frustrating experience. My rating was 0 percent. Now I have a claim that has been opened since November, and the VA says it is in preparation for decision phase, and might be done by December. My question is - if I was discharged in 2005, why didnt the VA rate me @ 30 percent since I was on a certain type of inhaler twice per day. Also, I had a PFT recently, which showed improvement from my PFT test while still in the Air Force. Will the VA use the methacoline challenge to determine asthma as well? Thanks for the help in advance.