Around The Mulberry Bush I Go Again With The Amc

[Josephine]

Greeting to all,

Well, Here I go around the Mulberry Bush again.

I thought that I was getting somewhere with this AMC claim.

The Rating Specialist had my claims file exactly one year ago this month to go back to the "two psychiatrist."

It went back to her/him again.

I was told that the " Rating Supervisor" had the claim to sign.

Not true!! The Rating Specialist turned the file over for more information.

Berta was correct. The letter by my doctor sent April 2006 was not present in my claim and neither was the letter by my Pastor, per the request of the remand.

This is why my doctor received the last letter to which he sent his fouth letter to them.

Now, I am told again, all the information is in the file, but who knows, it has been 12 months for the person that checked the file to not see that they were not present.

Lidel told me today that the file went from the " Rating Supervior" to Claims Examiner to place each paper in its correct order to go back to the " Rating Specialist".

He told me to call back tomorrow to make sure that the claim was back at the " Rating Specialist".

How does so many people check a claim to find out a year, that they have lost important papers.

I have been moved up to an anwer by " Thanksgiving". I forgot to ask him which year. I will make a point to ask him this question tomorrow.

This will make 18 months at the AMC and this is an " Advancement on the Docket"

Josephine

Edited October 17, 2007 by Josephine

[Josephine]

I think the Cleveland Regional office is even worse than Florida. Altho 845 days is unthinkable, the Cleveland Regional Office uses delays as denials. My claim was started May 2002 and after 5 years 5 months, it still has not been decided. They are supposed to have a "Tiger team" deal with claims over 1000 days, but mine will soon be 2000 days. I am in the process of writing a "writ of Mandamus" asking the court to force them into a decision..they have lost or ignored at least 8 documents from my claim, that I can document! Others that they lost or threw away, I cant document.

Im sure they will get bonuses for their fast service to veterans.

The Cleveland regional Office is ranked dead last in compensation to Veterans, according to the Institute for Defense Analysis.

Chess,

As Allen has said this is down right criminal ! This is unheard of!

I am sure that each and every one of them have a ball at Christmas time, spending our money with their bonus.

I sure wish I knew how to write a Writ, but don't have enough sense at this point.

Good Luck on Yours!

Always,

Josephine

[allan]

Hello Paul,

you can wait until its actually under review.

Heres what happened to me. I submitted the IMO I received from Dr Bash concerning MS.

St Petersburg VARO ignored it existed, while they reviewed and denied the claim. The BVA caught them and made them review it again. The decision of this claim has be set aside since 2005 until the other two IMO's for my spine are recognized and all the other issues are decided on.

Dr Bash and the PVA has requested multiple secondary issues need to be awarded with it.

I guess it's a good idea to wait until it is actually under review, but they have many, many ways to stall it once it is in your folder.

All they have to say is "we have considered it, but choose to give it no weight, because we found this internal medicine Dr in New Jersey to provide us with an unfavorable IMO".

Then you will need to get yet another IMO to counter the VA whore.

The RO rating specialist doesn't have to have any good reason or basis to deny it. They can just make it up or rephrase what your doctor said until it makes no since. No one who gives a damn and is in a position to change it, is going to check your rating officers work. No one is even going to pin your decision to the one that actually cheated you either.

End the end, theres no one to blame but the Veteran for not filing a complete claim or explaining their issues clearly, not sending in the evidence, etc.

I really hope it works out better for you Paul. I wish this for all of us. But the facts tell me very few of us ever see and honest decision made regarding the evidence.

Since no one investigates these criminal acts and it's passed off to the nation as,"taken care of them Vets", it's looked at as they are working hard to process the claims backlog.

Experience tells me delaying the claim is the goal, and will be the goal as long as they are permitted to commit criminal acts in the claims process, without any repercussions.

Allan