diabetes Imo Help!

[Guest terrysturgis]

This is what I came up with to help my private MD get me an IMO. If anyone has any suggestions, please help.

November __, 2005

RE: Terry Sturgis, CLAIM XX-XXX-XXX

Dear Chris _____ DAV SO,

Terry has been diagnosed wuth Diabetes Mellitus for four years. He has been Service Connected for the DMII and lower body bilaterial Peripheral Neuropathy for three years.

Patient has now developed upper body bilaterial Peripheral Neuropathy.

His muscle power and tone are reduced in both hands (as diagnosed by Veterans Administration Doctor Mohammed Mohiuddin, MD during an Agent Orange physical performed on 07/13/2005). Copy enclosed.

Having treated many Diabetics for ____ years I conclude that this patient has developed bilaterial upper body Peripheral Neuropathy as a secondary condition to DMII.

Respectfully,

Ken _____, MD

HADIT FOLKS, is this letter OK and am I missing anything. THANKS, Terry Sturgis

[Berta]

Yeah -his Curriculum Vitae IS impressive- I sent it all to VA with his IMO- maybe they at VA are jealous and that is why they ignore the IMO--

Yes- you gave great advise Jangrin-

I sent Dr. Bash everything he needed but summarized it all-

it was tabbed too so he knew what to look for where-

it involved the med recs but also past SSOCs and the FTCA stuff.He had a lot to go through and looked at it all.

It does pay to be specific- I had to briefly tell the whole story-about this negligence etc- but the med evidence of DMII was clearly there in the med recs-

I have heard from vets at hadit in the past via email blaming me for IMOs from him that they did not like- this only happened about three four times-but this is very upsetting to me- as -since each vet sent me the IMO attached to the email- their was nothing wrong with Craig's findings at all!

Two fully supported the claims, one supported A & A for vet spouse of a vet with 100%PTSD(that vet wanted 100%SC for stuff he did not have) and the other one- didn't support one of the vet's claims, but did support another one medically.

One local vet wanted my financial assurance that a Bash opinion would help him-

yeah right- he had a good claim and they did award it- but this is unfair to ask of anyone-his own Medicare doc gave him a free IMO.

Again -Dr. Bash cannot perform a miracle. If there is no service nexus he cannot invent one.

If there is no medical evidence to lend him to a more than likely or likely as not statement-

he cannot ethically write an IMO that is wrong.

For the vet who lurks here and is really ticked at him- he is not my 'boy'-he is my honey!

You are right Jangrin-seriously - he needs it all and it sure helps to send it to him in an appropriate order too.

I have seen vet records and also claims that look like doilys.

I have seen piles of stuff in boxes that vets actually thought I would straighten out for them-

no way-

If it can all be sent in the same order as the records accumulate, at the VA-with a brief summary, and specific references to the med recs by date, and any other info he should have from anywhere else- this sure helps to get an IMO that can help a claim.

[saltydawg]

is that an avg. 2000.00 per imo.

[mssoup1]

stevedenesha,

I never meant my initial post to be an ongoing discussion and I am sorry my post caused someone to question at length a comment I made. I just stated a fact. All I stated was that in the BVA decision letter, they granted "instant approvals" (their words, not mine) on a couple of my husbands claims. I in no way insinuated that we got the rating and compensation on that same day. The instant approval means that the BVA has approved the claim, therefore, the VARO only needs to rate the claim and send out the decision letter as there is no further action required on the part of the VARO. Maybe you have gotten approvals from the BVA which read different from what we received, but I only quoted what was in the decision letter we received. Yes, even though it reads "instant approval" the VARO has to still do the rating and send you the decision letter. And yes, this can take some time to get, depending on what VARO you are dealing with.

Sorry for my original post and the confusion I may have caused on this. I only thought my post and our experience that we went through might be helpful to someone. I guess I was wrong on this one.

mssoup1

[Guest DON20906]

Dayam! $2 thousand? He certainly has gone up. I used him in a 2000 DIC appeal (won) and it included a rebuttal to a rebuttal IMO for $700. His claim then was he would follow the case to it's conclusion for the one fee.