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jessie0054
Hello everybody:
My brother in law filed a claim 3-4 years ago and was denied because the VA first told him that his records were burned and then told him that since there was no record that he was ever treated for TB that again his claim was being denied.
I told his wife to keep the Appeal going and maybe someday those records would be found.
Well they arrived today!!
In December last year while my brother in law was here to visit i ask him if he wanted me to check into them and he signed the Release of information form for me to do this.
2 weeks ago i went to the release of information at the treating VA med Center with the signed form in hand and the lady at the dest took it and then checked the computer and told me that no one [ Not even the Regional Office ] has ever requested this file. I ask how can that be since his claim is being denied all these years because the VA never requested them. Anyway!!!
She then took the SS # and went to the back and came back with 2 sheets of printed out paperwork. She had checked what was called the OLD CARD FILE INDEX and located the missing records. She called the records storage facility while i was sitting there and today those treatment record from 1972 arrived. Huray!!!
Now that i have then i need to tell his wife what to do with them. My brother in laws claim folder is in Washington DC.
Can she send these records to them now?? Will it make a difference in his claim?? Or wait until she gets another denial from the Appeal??
Thanks!!
Jessie
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