yanrogue

Found out an update from QTC: They differed my mental health back to the first doctor that had a very long C&P session with me and she is going to also be the same one to write the IMO opinion for the VA. She was a really kind doctor and I'm hopeful and less stressed out knowing that she is also going to conduct the IMO for the report. The TBI is deferred to the higher graders so it feels like they are taking the claim more seriously. Once it all gets resolved I'll write down my whole process for here for others to search for and use in the future if they run into these things. Thanks again guys

Hi, new to the forum and thank you in advance if you can provide any insight. I talked to the VA today because I was confused about my claim, they approved part of my claim and deferred the other half of it. I searched a lot of post here and being deferred is normal for the va, but what confused me was why they deferred it. The reason they deferred my TBI was because they wanted a IMO (independent medical opinion) and also flagged my TBI and major depression for higher evaluation and entitlement. I had a C&P for both of these months ago, plus many pages from C file and from tricare to support my claim. My questions are: - I though you had to appeal to have your case reviewed by the higher level evaluation. I submitted the claim, evidence, and C&P and they moved it to higher evaluation on their own. -They also requested their own IMO following the C&P for TBI, is this bad or normal? The VA rep told me that the 0% rating is a place holder stating that it is service connected while it is undergoing higher evaluation and not to worry, but all I can do is worry.