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I recently received a 100 percent decision on a NOD. They gave me these letters for no tax on vehicles, house etc. If I move to another state and decide to buy a house am I going to have to request the VARO in my state move the file to my new state (if the new state has a tax exemption) or will they do it automatically? Thx.

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WELCOME ABOARD!

You did good on your claim-it doesnt happen often but the VA turned on a few NODs for me ,my husband, and my daughter-(they actually read the NOD and the evidence)

If I were you I sure would let the VARO know where you move- so they dont send your comp check to the wrong address.They will probably transfer the c file too- not sure-

The state you are moving to should have a web site as to real estate tax info on any disabled vet tax breaks-if they have some as well as any state tuition aid for your children-as dependents of a disabled vet-

Did they give you P & T ?

If so- CHAMPVA comes with that for the dependents as well as Chapter 35 educational benefits for the kids-

if they gave a good reason not to award the P & T you can always challenge that at some point with some evidence-

what service org helped you- if any?

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You have the option of leaving it in the current office or having it transferred to the new state. That being said, anytime a c-file is transferred to a new VARO, the new RO has the option of reviewing the c-file and perhaps ordering new C&P exams and possibly reducing current award levels. Should you leave it at the current RO, you would need to deal w/them and all new claims would be w/them, meaning that you would need to travel there for any future C&P's.

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It seems to me each VARO has its own way of doing things. Unless I had a very dramatic need to move after just getting 100% I think I would stay put. Maybe the VA will forget you exist? This is probably the best thing although I do not follow my own advice.

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Thanks! The Decision Letter said my conditions are permanent in nature and one of the other letters said my condition is permanent and that the "veteran is not scheduled for future exams"...so I think so.

On the NOD... Since I used to work for the government I figured it would make the DROs job a lot easier if I sent the evidence with the NOD. That way I wouldn't have to wait for a request for new evidence and the DRO wouldn't have to dig through my large file. My VSO said that's the way to go.

Must have done some good because my NOD was decided in around six months after filing. Honestly, the C and P examiner's reports outweighed all the other evidence. Although all evidence was listed on the Decision Letter only the C and P examiner's reports were CITED as to why they made their decision.

My county VSO was the main person who helped and I did research on my own.

My VARO sent me a DAV form with one of those "do you have new evidence" letters; so my VSO filled it out for me. I didn't have to use DAV as I didn't file an appeal.

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You have the option of leaving it in the current office or having it transferred to the new state. That being said, anytime a c-file is transferred to a new VARO, the new RO has the option of reviewing the c-file and perhaps ordering new C&P exams and possibly reducing current award levels. Should you leave it at the current RO, you would need to deal w/them and all new claims would be w/them, meaning that you would need to travel there for any future C&P's.

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Thanks. Honestly, after my experience with the first VARO I'd just assume leave the file here. What would I say in the letter to change my address? Just change the address and request my file be left where it is?

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It seems to me each VARO has its own way of doing things. Unless I had a very dramatic need to move after just getting 100% I think I would stay put. Maybe the VA will forget you exist? This is probably the best thing although I do not follow my own advice.

Sounds like good advice to me. Although I'm going to have to move.

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