Karl is my lawyer. I retained him in December of 2007. He immediately requested my C-File. So far the VA has not even sent him a copy. They notified me that I have a DRO Hearing in St. Petersburg in July of this year, but did not even bother to notify him. Now he is asking me to send him my copy of my C-File. I will, of course, but it seems that the VA is doing their best to sort of cut him out of the process. He is going to be at my hearing and thinks it is a good thing. Since it is a CUE from 1973 I don't even know why he needs the file since all the information they made the bad decision on is from 1973 and I sent him all that stuff. Since the only information that is relevant to the CUE is the information on hand in 1973 why does he need the entire C-file? I bring it up with him but he insists he needs the whole file. At the end of May the VA notifies me I have a DRO in early July. They know I have a lawyer or I would not be getting the Hearing since I was already denied for the same claim via a DRO Review.
It does appear to me, beyond doubt, that once you retain a lawyer for your claim things change. Karl says that he believes the VA probably did not even read my NOD, and since I hired him they read it. Now that they know the case will be remanded back if it goes to the BVA they want to do the Hearing. There were glaring errors in original denial of my CUE along with another claim they adjudicated with the CUE where they did not even notify me of a C&P exam, but denied it saying I never showed up for the exam. On that basis alone it would be remanded. For us independent types it may seem strange to go to someone else to help with our claims, but having a lawyer changes the way the VA plays the game.
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Karl is my lawyer. I retained him in December of 2007. He immediately requested my C-File. So far the VA has not even sent him a copy. They notified me that I have a DRO Hearing in St. Petersburg in July of this year, but did not even bother to notify him. Now he is asking me to send him my copy of my C-File. I will, of course, but it seems that the VA is doing their best to sort of cut him out of the process. He is going to be at my hearing and thinks it is a good thing. Since it is a CUE from 1973 I don't even know why he needs the file since all the information they made the bad decision on is from 1973 and I sent him all that stuff. Since the only information that is relevant to the CUE is the information on hand in 1973 why does he need the entire C-file? I bring it up with him but he insists he needs the whole file. At the end of May the VA notifies me I have a DRO in early July. They know I have a lawyer or I would not be getting the Hearing since I was already denied for the same claim via a DRO Review.
It does appear to me, beyond doubt, that once you retain a lawyer for your claim things change. Karl says that he believes the VA probably did not even read my NOD, and since I hired him they read it. Now that they know the case will be remanded back if it goes to the BVA they want to do the Hearing. There were glaring errors in original denial of my CUE along with another claim they adjudicated with the CUE where they did not even notify me of a C&P exam, but denied it saying I never showed up for the exam. On that basis alone it would be remanded. For us independent types it may seem strange to go to someone else to help with our claims, but having a lawyer changes the way the VA plays the game.
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