[Higher Level Review]

On 5/10/2019 at 6:44 PM, paulstrgn said:

 

I feel like I should call QTC 800 number and report this doctor for all the false information he put in my DBQ (my only concern it might hurt me on future C&Ps). I will raise this issue in the HLR though. 

1st - write up a 4138 right now and get it into the record or call or submit a statement through eBenefits.  Don't wait for the review.

2nd - do you get care at a VA medical center?  You can take a copy of a DBQ in and have them fill out that DBQ ASAP.  It will carry more weight if it's done by VA docs and the closer in time to the contract exam the better.  It will be obvious what happened if the VA exam/DBQ shows very different results from the contract exam.

3rd - you can take a DBQ to a private doc as well.  Those forms (most of them are downloadable) are available to the public with a few exceptions.  

By the way, if you do get another DBQ to turn in, you want to submit it with a VA Form 20-0995 - Supplemental Claim.  HLRs are "closed" records so no new evidence after the decision you disagreed with.  You can file a Supplemental any time as long as you have "new and relevant" evidence.

 

 

[deployment records]

Hi Steven,

It appears that you were in the Navy.  When you got out, did you transfer to any reserve component?  Sometimes those records get kept at former units/state headquarters.  Also, did you request your records through eBenefits?  Or did you write a letter?  Are you looking for service treatment records or your personnel file?