Jeeps2creep

Yes Buck52 I as am not understanding some of this either at all. I did call the 800# today and spoke with someone on the phone and they stated that the only change they see to my claims is that I now have a VA rep listed. So for now I'm just going to have to sit back and see what transpires. They did say that my claim now does not have a expected completion date which she didn't understand but she can only tell me what's in front of her. Buck52 I do have all the evidence you spoke of and sent that with my original claim. 1) Doctor filed out DBQ and signed, 2) 2 separate sleep study reports from 2 different doctors 3) Buddy statement from the guy who drove me into the telephone pole 4) Notarized copy of the ticket and date he received it from 1986, 5) 3 more buddy statements from ex wife and crew members I served with.

Buck52 these are new claim/s. I never knew I could file anything claims either before/during/after my military service until last year. I started a new job and a individual asked why haven't I ever applied for benefits and I could only state I never knew I could. Its hard to try and put all this into words from a keyboard but I do understand some of what the RVSR was saying. I just don't want to get stuck in the back (lose my back time if any awards) because of lack of knowledge and I'll try to explain more detail. When I started the original claim it was for apnea and I filed a 21-526EZ online in February of 2016 and did not have any records to upload with it. So I then started the long process of going back and forth with the VA records medical department. Low and behold they have no record of myself or the other individual in a car accident we had nor receiving any treatment from the Naval hospital we were transported to by ambulance. I had a concussion and no memory for 3 days after this with a baseball size knot on my head and glass imbedded that I pulled out for years after as it surfaced. This was during the first period of Christmas vacation so I never reported it to my ship in fear of getting kicked out of military. (everyone knows the drill ... your body is property of the government while on active duty and I was a E-2) I did get sent to several classes for abuse training which as you guessed it were lost as well. I never had any apnea problems until this accident where I tried to go through the windshield of a car head first while centering up a telephone pole at 50 mph on active duty. To make matters worse no one ever even knew what apnea was or that you could get due to a traumatic brain injury (TBI) just that you were frowned upon in the birthing/s after lights out to say things nicely. So after researching forums and 100's of posts I see where as long as I have my doctor/s fill out a DBQ/s stating condition and treatment for the applied claim or condition along with buddy statements and any other evidence I still have a chance at getting my claim verified and looked at as to being service connected. This in itself is a chore because I got out of navy in 1990 with no entries in any medical documents I have or could get sent in the mail to me. So I did just that. I still talk to the person that was driving the car during the accident which happens to be a old room mate in military of mine and he filled out a in depth buddy statement regarding this along with things he seen as room mates which I uploaded. Then I got buddy statements from my now ex wife for same condition and several other veterans that I served with on board my commands that I shared a birthing/s with who filled out statements saying what they seen and basically saying the same conditions shown as they remembered. I also uploaded every sleep study exam I ever took along with the sleep study doctor reports and twitching in sleep which is caused by the brain ( failed all of them ). The uploading of evidence is where things really seemed to get messed up at. Each time I uploaded information/evidence as I got it from the witnesses it never gave me the same option to upload as a buddy statement for my apnea claim. So I uploaded it for what I thought was to that claim the best I could from the options given. I also served in the Air Force reserves several years later and submitted this DD-214 as well due to having 6 months active duty for a tech school, This threw another wrench in the claim process because they don't understand that one can do this and it confused the heck out of the VSR to say the least. I then read what little bit I have from what medical records they could send me and filed for skin condition and PTSD for anxiety I'm being treated for as well. So back to the doctor and she filled out another DBQ and several more buddy statements to back these up is where I left it at. I finished uploading what information I had around the end of February beginning of march of this year 2017. I did receive a phone call from the VSR who had my case and this is where the questions began. He said he wanted to clarify things and asked where several pieces of evidence were and I stated they were all uploaded the each claim. He pulled each individual claim up then stated oh ok I found it and moved on to the next claim and asked the same thing about location of evidence and again stated, oh ok I found it. He then stated that he was going to combine the claims into on file/claim to stream line them and have them looked at all together as one. I was fine with this, stream lining is a good thing. He also kept saying because of having the doctors DBQ's " even if you have to go in ". I'm guessing he was talking about the C&P exam. He ended the phone call saying if the rater needs anything else they'll be in contact and that if any C&P's were needed I would hear something in the next few weeks. Actually it has been over 2 months and I just got the RVSR call. Now the call I got last week from the RVSR just confirms either I or they got some things wrong. She stated that the claims I had were all over the place and I filed them in a incorrect manner to even be in the guidelines. I read the guide lines and thought I was in the ball park because they verified all my claims as eligible or at least the VSR did. She stated that I needed to first and foremost get help from a VA rep and second to fill out a power of attorney at the VA benefits office and have them re file under a TBI (traumatic brain injury) claim and add the rest as secondary claims. This confused me because I thought that you needed to have a primary claim first and then if rated I would or could file for any secondary items that relate to the primary claim at a later date. I also contacted the AMVET rep on base and he stated that NO ONE could touch anything I filed until after the ratings / denial letter comes back from the VA. Then when I had the letter from claims office in hand and only then could I with the help of a AMVET rep or VA benefits rep re file, ask for re consideration or appeal any or all claims. The VA rep never thought twice about it, he just did a power of attorney and took the same information / evidence / DBQ's / buddy statements dd-214's and filed a TBI as primary and added the rest as secondary's and said its filed, explained the claims process and said they'll send you a letter in 45-60 days.

Anyone ever get a call from the RVSR saying to re file your claim due to errors and saying they needed help from a VA Rep at local clinic? Curious to see if I shot myself in my own foot after doing so. I started a claim in February of 2016 and after getting buddy statements, doctors to fill out DBQ's along with all the other paperwork to complete the claim I finally managed to get what I thought was close or correct into the VA benefits via uploading and following the online prompts to what was needed. If anything showed up as needed or missing on the ebenefits page I either called or read what was needed then took care of it and uploaded the information. Last week my claim status went to "preparation for decision" and I said at least its moving along. Yesterday I get a call from someone stating she was a RVSR and that I needed to re file my claim under a new claim due to having duplicate copies of things and in her opinion not ready for the decision process. She also stated that I needed to go to the VA and get them to represent me along with signing a power of attorney for the VA to do the same. I am confused at some of this process and naïve to things, especially if I have no knowledge of knowing better. I did go to VA and file a claim with the VA rep having power of attorney for what to me is the same thing I already had done in the first place. Other questions are; Did I lose all the time from February of last year to now after re filing today or will the process be longer due to adding new things? If this is not right or foul play can I cancel my new claim or do I just lose everything and start over? I called her back and told her I did what she stated was needed to correct what I'm not sure was wrong. I looked at the status today and now it says "review of evidence". Thanks in advance for any help.