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I have "two" claims pending. I opened up my file for a depresison/PTSD clam and the RO decided to evaulate all my sc conditions which I cam currently being paid. I already had the C&P for current conditions and I guess they've gone to RO for their finalization. Meantime, I am waiting to see what they are going to do with the depression/PTSD claim. Will they advise me of what they decided on the already sc conditions and then evaluate me for the dep/PTSD at a later date? I think they are behind the power curve on psychiatric evals due to all the troops coming back with problems so it may be a long while. The reason I'm asking this is of course I want to know and then I would like to leave town for about 2 weeks just to get away. Think i should call RO and tell them I'm leaving so they won't schedule an eval while I'm gone? Thanks

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John6012,

More than likely all of your claims will be decided together. The only way for them not to be is if the RVSR deferred one or more of the claims because further development was needed and decided the others in the mean time. It does happen from time to time and is dependent on each claims circumstances.

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John:

Enjoy your vacation. I would not worry about telling them as they have to give notice. Calling the VA and talking to someone is hard these days.

Veterans deserve real choice for their health care.

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It is often a good idea when VA puts them all together-

they did that with all of mine-

The proper AO award in my case renders three of my claims moot -

that only leaves the CUE issues.

Many additional claims might also be dependent on the decision on the initial claim so I think it is good that they are working on all of your issues at the same time.

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I have "two" claims pending. I opened up my file for a depresison/PTSD clam and the RO decided to evaulate all my sc conditions which I cam currently being paid. I already had the C&P for current conditions and I guess they've gone to RO for their finalization. Meantime, I am waiting to see what they are going to do with the depression/PTSD claim. Will they advise me of what they decided on the already sc conditions and then evaluate me for the dep/PTSD at a later date? I think they are behind the power curve on psychiatric evals due to all the troops coming back with problems so it may be a long while. The reason I'm asking this is of course I want to know and then I would like to leave town for about 2 weeks just to get away. Think i should call RO and tell them I'm leaving so they won't schedule an eval while I'm gone? Thanks
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I have "two" claims pending. I opened up my file for a depresison/PTSD clam and the RO decided to evaulate all my sc conditions which I cam currently being paid. I already had the C&P for current conditions and I guess they've gone to RO for their finalization. Meantime, I am waiting to see what they are going to do with the depression/PTSD claim. Will they advise me of what they decided on the already sc conditions and then evaluate me for the dep/PTSD at a later date? I think they are behind the power curve on psychiatric evals due to all the troops coming back with problems so it may be a long while. The reason I'm asking this is of course I want to know and then I would like to leave town for about 2 weeks just to get away. Think i should call RO and tell them I'm leaving so they won't schedule an eval while I'm gone? Thanks

Well, I went to Dallas to be with my son during a divorce case and happened to call home and check the answering machine and behold! OTC (the VA contracting svc) had left a message and said to call them if I didn't receive the papers. It was a Fri night and I scurried home Sat AM thinking the papers would be in the mailbox. Nope they weren't. Tried to call them Mon 1st thing and finally got through. All they wanted was an xray on my wrist and I was really concerned. I kep the app't Monday without the paperwork and the next day my wife found the "paperwork" under the matt at the front door (delivered by USPS). In summary, I left Thursday, they called me Friday and asked if "I'd gotten the paerwork." App't was MONDAY! So, I guess one cannot go out of town if a C&P is in the works. But maybe one could call the RO and QTC and advise them I will be going out ot town??? I'd be concerned leaving for more than 2-3 days unless I called home or prior to leaving I called the RO/QTC.

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