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I just got an Iris that confirmed my AO claim went to the DRO yesterday
what is important is that I always print out both the Response from VA and the question I asked-which they include with the response-
one never knows when these Iris responses might be important-
an Iris complaint I filed last year seems to be in the BVA file they have on my remand-
it again reiterated the same statements I made to BVA in 2006 as to my rights and that I wanted an immediate remand.
I strongly suggest that you all always ask for snail mail or email IRIS responses.
There is no hard copy in phone call response.
they gave an August 2008 response date to the RO-
The original DRO on this claim is not permitted by VA case law to make another decision on my AO claim.
I will only know who the DRO is when I get the next response from VA on that claim- and can tell by the initials who prepares it.
If my medical evidence again remains unacknowledged I will file an Administrative Review at VACO.
I found my old Admionistrative review request the other day (1997) and realised how instrumental it actually was in getting what I wanted the VA to d0.
I will never forget when a VACO attorney called me up and told me he had never handled an administrative review before from a claimant -it was highly unusual-
I mentioned the regs do NOT preclude a claimant from filing one.
He asked the purpose I had-what exactly did I want the review to accomplich and I simply said -it is to access someone in the Veterans Administration who knows how to read.
Well he bust out laughing and so did I and we had a long talk- this attorney became a regional counsel sometime after that-and I talked to him again a few times for a vet in an unusual situation-
The Administration Review did help to get me what I wanted.
AR requests-Not for the faint of heart- lots of legalize-
someday I will post it here if I think it could help anyone-
alot of stuff I have done with VA I dont recommend others to do-
and have had many first of a kind situations I raised with them-
I like to test the regs-
and I think the regs are almost perfect-and they are our means to success as well as the VAs way to deny.
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