[Reopen/reconsideration/ Va 6/14/05?]

YEAH Brenda---- the VA said they would send me VCAA letters on claims I filed 2 years ago- the ones I filed in 2003- I can't find any VCAA letters here on them at all---

Leroy is getting a VCAA letter too- after quite some time-

I found out something interesting too---

A recent BVA decision that I posted yesterday-(I think I did?)mentioned a treatise that the veteran had along with medical evidence-it seemed that they accepted the treatise as favoring the claim as 2 IMOS left it in equipoise- one for and one against-

Also the first Hepatitis to air gun VVA win at the BVA was based heavily on a published treatise-

I am bring this up because I found a wealth of evidence on the net that is specific to my claim and the conditions my husband had- in diagnosing diabetes. I found support for practically every blood chem reading, his autopsy, ECG, ECHO etc etc- even though I have 2 IMOS (that they still have not read)

well the VA in 2004 said that I had sent them under "evidence"

'Multiple internet attachments'

These were studies, abstracts and treatises. The VA itself was mentioned in two studies.

The VCAA certainly supports the veteran or claimant's right to have these types of evidence to be addressed in support of the claims.

I do not believe I ever got a VCAA letter and I wonder if this is spelled out in it.

All I ever got on my main claim was a denial saying the veteran was never diagnosed with diabetes,so therefore he didnt have diabetes.

Dr. Bash diagnosed him with diabetes (he had the whole shibang of med recs etc) ad I sent them what they asked for-and they ignored it.

I am really ticked now- because I think many many claimants out there are suddenly getting these VCAA letters-

my VARO did not even realise they failed to send me 3-per their letter-until I wrote to the IG and suddenly

they seem to be covering their rear ends.

I dont even know what a VCAA letter says.

Does anyone have a link to one? I would love to hear at hadit from anyone out there who just got a required VCAA letter after the VA has had their claim for some time.

Berta