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The DD-215 is only an amendment to your DD-214. You must keep both together. My husband finally got his PH a few years ago. He never bothered getting it until our grandson starting inquiring about his military service and seemed really interested in his time in Vietnam. So, I pursued getting it for him, so it could be passed on to our grandson. When he received it, he received his DD-215 and also more medals and ribbons that he should have gotten, but never received. I did not know about those. Apparently, his records were checked against his DD-214 and since those were not shown and he should have gotten them, they added them to the DD-215 and sent the medals/ribbons to him, along with his PH. The PH came in a box, with no certificate, no thank you letter, no nothing. My husband said, "What did you expect." But, I guess as long as he got it and it is documented, that is the most important thing, since it will be passed on to our grandson. I would advise anyone who thinks they deserve certain medals/ribbons to apply for them. There may be other medals/ribbons that they should have gotten that will be sent to them, along with their DD-215. Might could be of some help later on when you are putting in for a claim. mssoup

Pete, Thanks fo your reply. We have finally gotten the evidence required for the nexus in the recent C & P exam. They specifically state that his current HBP is at least as likely as not related to his military service. I don't see how they can turn his claim down this time. Since they generally take the opinion of the C & P examiner over an IMO (have already experienced this), then an IMO opinion should be moot at this point. Even with that being said, it is so hard after so many years to get a physician to want to put in writing that his HBP was a result of his military service. Heck, you only get no more than 5 minutes of their time anyway, so trying to get them to rule on something like this would, for the most part, be almost impossible. I can't even get them to stay in the office long enough to communicate with me fully on any current problems. I have to keep talking to them while they are walking out the door. Then, I get a bill for over a hundred dollars for their less than 5 minutes that they spent with me. The only IMO opinion we ever got for any of my husands claims was for his eye problems. It took us a while to finally get the doctor to agree and write a letter that his eye problems were related to his miitary service. He even used the words the VARO wanted to see, but they still turned him down. They wanted to know where the doctor got his medical opinion from. We took the denial letter to the doctor and he was floored. Could not believe it. When we went to the BVA with the same evidence, they gave him an instant approval for his eyes. But, the VARO denied him using the same evidence presented at the BVA hearing. Then we wonder why it takes so long to get claims processed. mssoup

I will throw in a little of what we went through in trying to get my husband service connected for HBP. This was for direct service connection and not as secondary to anything. On his enlistment exam, it showed a good blood pressure reading. He was in the Navy for over 4 years. Two tours in Vietnam. In his SMR's, he was lucky if more than a couple of words were written in his records each time he went to sick bay, much less that they never took a blood pressure reading. On his discharge exam, it showed a high blood pressure reading, but did not actually put the word "hypertension" next to it. My husband told me that in order to get this reading, he had to sit and wait in between blood pressure readings in order for them to get it that low, which according to the AMA and the AHA, it was considered high and should have been monitored. No one told him this. After he got out, he visited a primary care doctor for some other problem and he told him he had HBP and prescribed blood pressure medication. Well, he has been medicated for this ever since. The problem is, when I realized that we could file for his HBP, the original doctors records were no longer available to him. We have been denied on several occasions, not because of the blood pressure reading on his discharge exam, but they stated that the word "hypertension" as a diagnosis was not shown on this exam, therefore, they were denying the claim based on this. They also stated that due to the fact that we could not retrieve his early medical records to show his treatment, then that was another factor taken into account for denying the claim. When he did change doctors, the next doctor did state in his med records that he had previously been treated by Dr. ? for HBP. Since I have been married to him all of these years and have knowledge of his early blood pressure problems, I wrote a letter on his behalf, only to be used as lay evidence and not medical evidence. Didn't seem to help at all. Not even sure they read it. Well, he finally went to a C & P exam and I got a copy of the results. The exam stated that that it was as least likely as not that his HBP was due to his military service. I was shocked to see it. During the exam and my showing the doctor records that I had to show a nexus, she still didn't seem like she was in our corner. But, we still don't have a decision on this claim yet, so we are still not getting our hopes up. Everything sounds like it is in our favor, but this has happened before, only for the VARO to find something else to come up with to deny the claim. Hope this short description of what we have had to go through might help someone else. Again, no two claims are alike and while one veteran may not have any problem what so ever with their claim getting approved based on their evidence, another veteran with similar evidence may get turned down. But, a little detailed knowledge from others on how their claim has gone through the process can be of great benefit to others in figuring out how to handle their claims. mssoup

VARO sat on my husbands claims for 4 years. This included my appeals back to them. Went to BVA. A couple were instantly approved by the BVA. The BVA took 6 months to send the remanded claims back to the VARO for reevaluation. This included getting new C & P exams since the claims were so old. Well, it has now been a year that these have been sitting again at the VARO. The C & P exams were completed several months ago. A couple of the exams were more than inadequate. The rest of the exams were written that it was as least likely as not that these conditions were a result of his military service or as seondary to an already existing service connected condition. I have already sent in my rebuttal to the inadequate exams before they had time to deny the claims based on these inadequate exams. Still have not heard anything, even on the ones that definitely showed they are service connected. When my husband calls, he gets the same message that it is with the raters. The last person we talked to was not very nice and acted as though we were wasting his time. I was on the other phone extension with my husband and I got so frustrated with this person that I just hung the phone up. He then asked my husband if there was anything else he could help him with. I'm not sure why when he really didn't tell us anything to begin with and acted as though he really didn't wanted want to assist us. Apparently the fact that Congress is getting involved with the VARO service calls being inadequate has not filtered down through the system, yet. Or maybe it has and they still don't care about helping you. I don't intend to bash all of the people who work the phones. I'm sure there are a lot that truly want to help the veteran with his call, but we don't seem to ever get any of those. This guy was actually very rude with us and once he made a statement, he didn't want to explain anything further. My husbands claim went through the BVA process fairly quick, based on what I have heard from others. I guess we were lucky at that point. It has been the VARO that seems to be the bottleneck. Anyway, just thought our story on my husbands claims might help some others to understand how the process can be. mssoup

Thanks to all who replied to my posting. Vicki, thanks for the link. I am in a situation where I think the VARO can essentially take as long as they like. The rules state that a decision must be made 30 days from receiving the last of the evidence needed to make a decision on the claim. Well, with the two inadequate C & P exams hanging in limbo, where does that leave us. We have yet to hear anything from the VARO as to what action will be taken on these. As soon as I was able to get a copy of all of the C & P exams that my husband was sent for, I read over each and every one. When I got the results of these two particular exam reports, I flipped out. I immediately sit down and wrote a letter to the VARO and went line for line rebutting everything that was written. I took my letter along with the C & P exam reports directly to the VARO and asked to speak to a Senior Rep. Well, I'm not sure who we ended up with, but their first question was "How did you get a copy of the C & P exam results so quick?" I told them I simply went to the VAMC Release of Information Office and requested it. They kind of indicated that I should not have been given a copy of these until the claim was decided. So, I was getting a jump on the claim before they had a chance to deny the claim based on the inadequate C & P exams, which is exactly what would have happened. I don't think they liked this. I am afraid that what they have in store is to e-mail the C & P examiner for verification of the C & P exam reports. They would then expect him to e-mail them back with what his original intent was. Therefore, no new C & P exam will be done, the examiner will work from memory to come up with something to send back (since he will not have his c-file). This has happened before with another veteran.

I'm sure this has been asked and answered many times before, but here goes again. We called the VARO several weeks ago and was told that my husbands claims were with the raters. They said it went to them either the 3rd or 4th of this month. We called again this morning. Well, now we get the answer that it was with the raters, but this time they said it went there on the 27th of this month, which was just Friday. We asked why the date difference. He couldn't/wouldn't tell us anything, except to say that we would not hear anything for the next 60 to 90 days. Very abrupt with us. We have several claims in. Some are remands back from the BVA since January of last year. The rest are new claims based on the BVA hearing that we had. My husband has had C & P exams for all of these claims. In fact, they were all completed several months ago. Two of the C & P exam results were so inadequate that I immediately rebutted line for line the contents of these reports and personally hand carried them to the VARO. Why would his claims go the raters on one date, then all of a sudden the date changes to another date. Would it have been pulled back from the raters for some reason which may have caused the date difference? Maybe due to relooking at the inadequate C & P exams caused it to be pulled back for further development, then it went back to the raters again. If so, he has not been afforded another C & P exam to clear up the inadequate one. I am trying to be very patient, but some of these claims are over 6 years old and have been on remand from the BVA since January of last year. All but these two C & P exams were positive and in my husbands favor. If they would just tell you the correct status of your claim when you call, there would be less room for all this frustration. Thanks for any insight you msay have on this. mssoup

I currently have a claim in for my husband for SC hypertension. On his medical exam paper when he entered the military, it showed his BP in the normal range. On his discharge medical exam paper it showed an elevated BP. Even the AHA and the AMA both showed that the BP reading was considered hypertension and should have been watched closely. The VARO initially denied the claim because the word "Hypertension" was not noted on the discharge medical exam. They totally ignored the BP reading. He finally got a C & P exam which stated that his current HBP was related to his military service. This claim is still being processed at the VARO and is a remanded claim back from the BVA. Don't know what the outome will be. The claim has been on remand from the BVA for a year and the C & P exam was done several months ago. I certainly would have thought that we would have heard something by now. But, this claim is 6 years old, so I guess we are used to the wait. mssoup

Josh, I agree with you. Would be nice to have a success area, plus a denied area. Would also like to have a little background on each to see what the claim was for, how long it took and a little about what the veteran had to go through during the process. This would really help others in seeing what other veterans have had to endure. We can see what happens at the BVA level on the WEB site, but we can't see the sucesses and denials at the VARO level without the postings here to let us know what happened. mssoup1

I would also like to hear more from those who succeed in their claims. Doesn't seem like we see too many being posted. I was kind of wondering if the claims process has slowed down even more, therefore, there have been no results to post. When we call on my husbands claim, we are still being told it is with the rater. We did get a form letter a couple of days ago telling us that they are still processing his claims and they were sorry for the delay. Sure they are. But, it has been a while since we even received one of these. Looking forward to seeing those success stories to give us a boost and to know that the VARO has not closed their doors. mssoup

For those of you who have problems with the face mask, go back to the prosthetics department and get them to give you the nose pillows also. This may prevent you from getting the smothered feeling. Can't hurt to try and you may find that you may then be able to use the machine. mssoup

I may be wrong but if so someone will come back and correct me. You do not get a rating just for wearing hearing aids. You get a rating based on how much hearing loss you have. My husband wears hearing aids and is service connected for hearing loss, but based on the rating table, he gets 0% compensation because they don't consider his hearing loss bad enough for compensation. You would think if it is bad enough that he needs hearing aids that there would be a rating greater than 0%, but that is not how they rate it. Hope this has been of some help to you. mssoup

After seeing a report on TV about the miracle cure pill for PTSD that is in the research stage, there was also an article in our local paper about it. It seems they have done research on this pill using 12 patients and according to the researchers doing this, they were very impressed with the outcome. Now they say that they need to research a little further using another 12 patients. If the results are positive, then they are essentially saying that this will be the cure for PTSD and apparently will get approval for use. Wouldn't it be nice to take a pill and 30+ years of suffering from this disease would just go away? Nice thought, but I will have to see it before I believe it. Has anyone else heard about the miracle pill cure for PTSD? mssoup

Sorry for the confusion. What I meant to say is that you are told if you request the traveling board hearing vs. going to Washington, D.C., you may get a hearing quicker. Can you really count on that to happen? No. It is like everything else. I see some postings where decisions by the RO on certain claims are made in 3 months or less and then you have others who have waited years, even though they have the evidence they need to get a decision made. Nothing makes sense at the RO level to me. They state that your claim gets put in a pile on someones desk and when your turn comes around, then they start working on your claim. I even question this. I think the only reason we managed to get the BVA hearing at the time we did was that we were at the right place at the right time. mssoup

Stretch, If you request the traveling board BVA hearing, it is supposed to be quicker. My husband had one and we are faily close to our RO. His SO went with us, but he was of no help. I handled the entire case for my husband myself. Ended up with two instant approvals. We lucked out in getting a fairly quick hearing. We happened to be at the RO about my husbands claims and was trying to get some information as to when the BVA traveling board was due to come to our RO. Our request for a BVA hearing had been in for quite a while. It just so happened that the schedule was being set up and they had a cancellation. We were asked if we wanted to waive the 60 days and if so, they would try and get us scheduled. Well, we managed to get into the hearing. Had to work my butt off to get prepared, but I managed it in time. The thing with the traveling board is that they schedule ahead of time the claims they will be hearing on each day. Since so many things can happened in between, they get cancellations or veterans just don't show up for their hearing. This then leaves an open slot. You may want to look into this. Can't hurt. mssoup

Sretch, The RO does not normally send you a copy of your medical records, including the C & P exam reports. These must be retreived from the Release of Infomation Department at the VAMC where the exams were done. I got a copy of my husbands C & P exam results from the VAMC and while a couple of them were in his favor, a couple of them were horrible. One of them was documenting an opinion on an illness he never has or currently does not have. Had nothing to do with what the C & P exam request from the RO was for. The other results from the other exam was never even written up and sent to the RO. Needless to say, when I got these copies, I wrote a letter, along with sendiing them a copy of these inadequate C & P exams, and rebutted line for line all of the errors in the report. I also stated that while he had the other C & P exam, no results were ever written up. We hand carried these to the RO. When we spoke to a representative there about these, the first thing he wanted to know was how we were able to get a copy of the C & P results before they had made a decision on his claims. I politely told them that we went to the VAMC and requested the information. Furthermore, it would have been impossible for them to make an adequate decision based on these reports that they would have gotten. I only wanted to try and intervene before we got an instant denial based on inadequate information and this would have at least saved us from having to file a NOD on this. What really made me even madder was that when the examiner examined my husband for his skin condition, we really got a warm feeling about the results. He told my husband after looking at his entire body that he really did have the crud all over his body. He even documented on his scratch pad that my husband had the skin condition on more than 60% of his body. The regulations on skin conditions changed in 2002 that stated that if the veteran had the skin problem on more than 40% of his body them he could be eligible for 60% SC. Well, this warm fuzzy feeling didn't last long. The examiner never even bothered to write anything up. At the time that he was given this exam, the examiner was getting ready to go on vacation, so I guess this was not high on his list of things to do. I am still waiting to hear back from the RO on how they intend to handle these C & P exams. I doumented in my letter that if another exam was to be requested that my husband did not want this examiner or his associate performing the exams. Since they are the only two that do these type of C & P exams, I don't know how they will handle them. I have a feeling that they will send the information I sent to them to the examiner and tell him to redo the first report and create the second report for his skin and return these to them. If it has been this long, I don't see how the examiner will be able to do this, but I know it has happened before and it was not in the veterans favor when it happened. How can the examiner recreate his notes from the exam he was to use for his report when they probably no longer exist. Basing the reports strictly on his medical file is not correct either, but this is what I look to happen in this case. Any comments from anyone would be appreciated. mssoup

If you are told via the 800# that your claim is with the rater, what does this mean as far as where the claim stands. Does this basically mean that the claim has been approved as SC and it is being determined at this point as to what % applies? Thanks for your help.... mssoup

Berta, Thanks for your input. I will have to go back and check the date of his first denial. Been a long time ago. Will let you know. Also, i think I did another posting about another C & P exam he had done and the entire exam report was totally wrong. He gave an opinion on a disorder that my husband did not even have. He stated the medication in question which was causing the ED was being given for Prostrate gland problems, not PTSD. Wrong...... My husband does not and has never had prostrate gland problems. He also stated that this medication was prescribed by a doctor in Urology. He's never been to urology and the doctor he referred to as being in urology is actually his psychiatrist. In the notes from his psychiatrist, she states that she is prescribing this for my husband for his PTSD symptoms and wrote that she talked with my husband about the ED risks of this medication. Yes, this medication can actually be prescribed for someone who has prostrate gland problems, as well as the problems his psychiatrist prescribed it for, Apparently, the C & P examiner took one look at the medication and just assumed that it was prescribed for a prostrate problem without really checking his records for the real reason for prescribing this med. Since he was claiming ED secondary to PTSD meds, this gave the C & P examiner a real out to give him what he thought a good negative opinion so his claim would be denied. I hit the ceiling. Nothing in the report was even close to being accurate. So, I didn't wait for the RO to rule on this false report and send us a denial. After having the report and reading it, I then wrote a letter disputing sentence by sentence all of the false information that the C & P examiner had used to form his opinion. He also gave my husband an exam for an increase in his SC skin condition. Even told my husband that it definitely covered more than 60 % of his body. Well, in the ED report he wrote up he stated that my husband was also there for a skin exam. End of story. Nothing else about a skin report and no report was ever written up. I also wrote a separate letter to the RO on this. I also requested that if he was scheduled for any followup C & P exams, that we did not want this doctor doing it or his associate. We took the C & P reports along with my lettrs directly to the RO and talked with a representative there. They immediately wanted to know how we managed to get a copy of his C & P exam so quick. I told them we went to Release of Information and requested it. They indicated that we should not have been given these reports until a decision was made on his claim based on these reports. Right. We are over 6 years into a couple of these claims anyway, so they now want us to wait on a denial based on incompetent C & P exams and then file a NOD and start the process all over again. Don't think so. I beat them to the draw. Now they will have to take some action on these before they can decide the claims. Saved a lot of time for us, maybe. Can't wait until we get a letter from them on these claims. The incompetence throughout the VA system should not be acceptable. They wonder why the backlog of claims is so high. Well, take my husbands claims and multiply them by all of the other veterans going through the same thing and that should tell someone something. I even tried to file a complaint at the VAMC concerning this incomptency. Was promised I would get a phone call back. They actually acted like they were concerned about this problem. Never heard another word from the VAMC. Does this mean that they actually don't and really didn't care about this problem? Looks like it to me. Well, I have rambled on long enough. Hope my experiences will give a little insight to others and to the headaches involved in just getting simple claims decided honestly. They will do whatever they have to to deny, deny, deny. Then the ball is back in your court again. Mssoup

Don't mean to jump in on this thread, but I thought I would add some of my experience with C & P exams. We are at the BVA remand level with several of my husbands claims and a few are new due to these issues being brought up at the BVA hearing and they wanted the RO to review these issues. One of the issues was SC for hypertension. I fought this claim once, some time back, and was denied, based on the fact that there was nothing in my husbands SMR's that showed any hypertension. I tried to show them that his BP was fine when he entered the military, but according to his separation papers, his BP was considered high and should have been watched. No one told him. I even sent in information from the AMA and AHA confirming what I had stated. Still, they denied it because the word "hypertension" was not written next to the BP reading. Well, since this issue was again brought up at the BVA hearing and the RO was told to visit this issue, my husband was again given another C & P exam. This time, the C & P examiner wrote that due to the BP reading on his separation papers, the fact that he had been seen for many years for his BP and that he was currently on BP medication, that it was her opinion that it was at least as likely as not (50/50) that his hypertension was due to his military service. I was really shocked at the opinion she gave because we did not have a good feeling during the exam as far as her being on my husbands side. Well, that is what she stated, along with the other evidence we provided. But, we have not, as yet, heard anything back from the RO on this. I'm sure that they will find something to deny it on, as usual. The last two times my husband called the RO he was told that his claims were with the rater and that we wouldn't hear anything until after the first of the year. I am assuming that if it is at the raters desk, this is not necessarily a good sign. Any comment on this. Also, if they do approve it this time, why was it not approved the first time we filed a claim and had the same identical information that we have now? Go figure. I do agree with Berta. Every case is different when you decide where to have it decided. We got tired of the Ro and went to the BVA level. We had a great law judge and the hearing went really well. Better than any help we got at the RO level. But, at the same time, I helped another veteran with a claim and we had a BVA hearing on it. The law judge he had spent more time looking out the window and at his watch that he didn't spend a whole lot of time being concerned about the contents of this veterans claim and what he had to say. Well, he was denied. I think we pretty much knew that before the meeting was even over. So, I guess, it looks as though it depends on who you draw when your claim is being decided as to how it goes. It doesn't matter really if it is at the RO level or the BVA level. It all depends on who you get to work your claim. If anyone feels I am wrong on this, please let me know. This is just my experience. Thanks for listening. MSSOUP1

Berta, Thanks for your heartfelt reply. I would just as soon wait for my husband to find out until after the holidays as to the decision on his claims. If he is denied, I will be the one to hit the ceiling and I don't need that at this time of the year. I've had two heart attacks and several TIA's, so this whole claims process takes on a toll on me, but I am not one to give up. We have gone through several SO's and have yet to find any that will put any effort into helping. The one who we have currently is of no help what so ever. Has no idea how to even comprehend what the content is in any letters that we receive. He calls me and reads the letter to me. I tell him that we received the same information weeks ago and I have already responded back to any request they had. If I do have a question to ask him, he doesn't ever know the answer. That is why I have always handled my husbands claims myself and only use the SO for a name that apparently the VARO likes to see that you have. I never contact the SO for nothing anymore. I just bypass them completely. It does infuriate me when the VARO denies claims and the evidence is right in front of their faces, if they would only look at it. Several of the claims I have in for my husband have C & P exams backing up the fact that the conditions he is claiming are service related, but I bet they will find something to use to deny them. Also, both his psychiatrist and the C & P exam psychiatrist both state that he is not able to work due to his service connected PTSD. The last information they sent to us, they asked that we fill out the IU form they attached. I did this, but am not getting my hope up. He is currently 60% and these claims, if approved, would give him more than 70% overall, with one being more than 40%. I am assuming that that could put him at 100% IU. If we're lucky, maybe we will get a late Christmas present. Doesn't matter. Some of these claims are more than 6 years old, so we are used to waiting. Thanks again for your help and making things sound a little easier to handle. Also, you are the greatest for being there for those veterans who are so in need of your help. You have your own problems to deal with, but are so willing to be there when someone else in is dire need of help such as you can give. And, you expect nothing in return, except the great feeling you get knowing that you made a difference in someones life.

My husband called the Virginia RO this morning to find out what the status of his claims were. They told him that they were with the rater. He was told this same thing several weeks ago. Also, not to expect anything until after the first of the year as they had a lot of people out due to the holidays. So, I guess any hope of getting a response for anything from this office until after the first of the year for anyone is probably hopeless. Also, if it is at the raters desk, is this a good sign or do all claims whether they are denied or approved go to the raters desk? Thanks to all and Happy Holidays.

Question anyone..... We filed a claim a few years ago for hypertension for my husband. He was denied. Basically the C & P examiner wouldn't state that the evidence we presented was enough to service connect him for this. Well, we refiled the claim again, based on our hearing with other claims at the BVA level. We brought up his hypertension and the BVA stated that we should get with the RO to have another review. This C & P exam he got stated that it was as least likely as not that his hypertension was due to his military service. We presented the same evidence as we did the first time we filed, but they denied it then. Now, all of a sudden with the same evidence, this examiner states it is service connected. Can we get them to go back to the original claim that was denied, even though we did not appeal it? Also, we do not yet have a decision on this claim, but with the C & P examiners opinion, I don't see how they can deny it, but then, we are talking about the VARO who seems to be able to do what ever they waqnt. I might be getting the cart before the horse, but better to have some knowledge in advance in the event there is a problem. Thanks for your help.

As far as getting copies of your C & P exam results ASAP after the exam, I did that for my husband's claim. When I looked at the report, I was floored. As I stated before, I wrote a letter and disputed everything that was in the report and backed it up with the documentation to show the dispute. When I took this to the RO, they wanted to know how I was able to get a copy of the C & P exam prior to a decision by the RO. I told them that we went to Release of Information and requested it. He didn't sound happy about this. He stated that since I had the report already and issued this with my complaints to the RO prior to a decision being made, (using this inadequate report) that it could possibly hold up his claim further. I then told him that all I was trying to do was bring to light an inadequate exam before a final decision and that I felt that by doing so I was saving time by not getting a denial that was pretty evident and then having to submit what I had just given them.

Sorry to sound so dumb, but does this mean that all claims for bilateral tinnitus that are approved will be gettiing the 20% rating from now on? Thanks

I think a lot depends on what your C & P exam is for and who performs it. A couple of exams my husband had was through one of the specialist departments. Seems everything went well, I hope. Then he had two that he was sent to the general C & P examiner for. Both of these exams were the pits. One tried to tie his claim to a medical problem which he does not have, nor has ever had. The examiner even quoted statements from a department that my husband has never been treated in. The other one, the examiner did not even write up any notes at all to send to the VARO. I can see the picture on the wall now. He will have to undergo these exams all over again. I have already sent a letter to the RO explaining everything which happened and explained how these exams were inadequate to use in deciding my husbands claim. I also stated that we did not want this examiner or his associate performing any exam which may need to be rescheduled. Of course, this leaves us with who they will set up to perform these exams. I guess I could have waited to respond to the RO until they denied his claims based on these inadequate exams, but I thought why wait. It is just going to prolong the claims that much longer, so I went ahead and sent in the information for them to review before they had a chance to deny the claims based on these exams. Anyone have any thoughts about my doing this? Thanks. Just another point of view on C & P exams.

Can anyne tell me where a claim may stand if the VARO tells you the supervisor has your claim? Thanks, Mssoup1