Va Medical Records On Cd

[Rockhound]

Since I didn't have any idea at what the VA may have of medical file in my C-File, I requested a copy of my VA medical records on CD.

The Disk arrived today by FedX. It is self loading, but their is no instruction as to this point. The second time I loaded it, I had to select which drive and go from there. It uses Microsoft Office document imaging. One problem I noticed right away, the print was clear but it looked faded and made it hard on my poor eyes. Also there is no endex to go by, but there is a page by page listing on the left of the document similiar to what Adobe reader uses.

Now I have a lot of veiwing and reading to do, so I can make and endex and find what is available to support my current claim and the new one to come after it.

At least now I won't have to worry about loosing a hard copy or trying to go through all the paper to find what I need. With an endex, it should make thing a bit easier to find. It's not a perfect system, but it seems it is going to be better than what I had had to deal with in the past when I needed a particular document.

I still have to see if everything is their, including Cat scans, MRI's, and Xrays.

You all might consider getting your VA Medical Records of CD.

Rockhound Rider B)

[purple]

I've tried to get my VA records on CD...did it once (at Dayton); but the CD didn't work...so far Dayton hasn't perfected that system yet.

[allan]

rockhound,

in Microsoft Office document imaging, is there a tab to use to adjust lightness/darkness, contrast, etc., so it doesn't look so faded?

[Rockhound]

rockhound,

in Microsoft Office document imaging, is there a tab to use to adjust lightness/darkness, contrast, etc., so it doesn't look so faded?

Don't know, I will check it out and let you know. Printing out using their page numbering seems to work ok. pages correspond with the page number and the print out is quite good and readable.

Rockhound Rider B)

[Notorious Kelly]

This was helpful with my Social Security CD:

1. Copy all files to a new folder on your desktop.

2. Rename files with a 1,2,3 etc at the beginning so they stay in order.

3. Then go through and view each file. Rename it to something you'll recognize.

So it looks like

1PTSDconsultFeb222008

2XrayOfFemurJuly142009

3MedIncreaseDosageIbuprofenSept012009

OR - it may be more useful to arrange records by ailment for preparing claim. You can make separate sub-folders and copy the same record to more than one folder if it contains info on more than one ailment.

You can rename the copies anything you want and the originals on the CD remain unchanged.

Hope this helps!

[Rockhound]

I was thinking along these lines, but it is going to take a lot of time, I don't type or read very fast and I can't read for very long either. It appears I have over a thousand pages of medical information that will have to be gone through, maybe not as much as some, but it seems like a daunting task, but it has to be done if I want some symblance of order and ready access to my records on demand.

Rockhound Rider B)

p.s. I'm off to town to see what my resent CAT scan of my nose has to tell me, not overjoyed if it shows what I want it to, but it will be a big help in my current claim.

This was helpful with my Social Security CD:

1. Copy all files to a new folder on your desktop.

2. Rename files with a 1,2,3 etc at the beginning so they stay in order.

3. Then go through and view each file. Rename it to something you'll recognize.

So it looks like

1PTSDconsultFeb222008

2XrayOfFemurJuly142009

3MedIncreaseDosageIbuprofenSept012009

OR - it may be more useful to arrange records by ailment for preparing claim. You can make separate sub-folders and copy the same record to more than one folder if it contains info on more than one ailment.

You can rename the copies anything you want and the originals on the CD remain unchanged.

Hope this helps!

[Notorious Kelly]

One other tip that might help: I've found everything in my records to be redundant except for Progress Notes.

Any important info from Consults, Labs etc is documented in my Progress Notes so I was able to set all those aside.

You'll want to review them first to make sure that is also the case with you, but if it is, that's a large pile O' papers that can be eliminated from the shuffling.

All the best! B)

[cowgirl]

Hope it works out for you,cg

If I can't read the latest soft gray worded newsletter from a politician - I do a select all,copy,paste into Word,select all, change font to normal or bold.ta dah!

[Rockhound]

Since for now I only needed a few items, that works out OK, but to do it over a thousand times, OH BOY!

The matter is at a stand still right now, my printer ran out of ink and no new funds to buy another cartridge till the 16th and I don't want to be doubling up once I start reading everything, since I am sure to find something that could possibly help my current claim and the one I have waiting to submit.

Today was a bust except that I was able to pick up the CAT scan results and a CD of the Scan. Nothing new except for a bone spur, but don't know how it will figure into the whole picture of the fractured nasal bone and deviated septum. Their is a mild deviated septum, showing is a "S" configuration, but the sinuses are clear, so I am still left with getting a definitive opinion on what is causing the congestion and obstruction that is at all times no less than 50% to both times and at other times showing a complete obstruction of the left side.

I hope my IMO appointment on the 10th of this month will shed some light on that and also am hoping to get an allergy test to difinitively and hopefully rule out Allergic Rhinitis as my main problem and get these dumb ENT so called specialists at the VA to stop refering to my congestion as allergic rhinitis. It won't matter one way or another, I have found documentation or at least supportable literature that shows that a deviated septum or for that matter any structural abnormality will make such condition much worse than they out to be or cause an otherwise mild obstruction much worse and it states that this will happen in 50% or more of the time.

I sure wish ink cartridges weren't so expensive. I'd use the refillable kits, but having been in the Office Machine Repair business at one time, I have tried to clean a number of printers that had their plugs come out and on hot days or heavy use of the machine caused the ink to expand and mess up the works, sometimes it would be better to buy a new printer than try and clean up the machine.

Well I got to practice moving files around, it seems the files I moved to CD somehow moved as read only and now I can't do anything with the files except read or print them, I can't even seem to erase them from the disk and the disk is a RW disk and my computer has a CD write and re-write capability, maybe I have forgotten how thing work, I'll probably have to move the files to another disk, with the correction, instead of trying to figure it out. might save me time. LoL

Rockhound Rider :o :o

Hope it works out for you,cg

If I can't read the latest soft gray worded newsletter from a politician - I do a select all,copy,paste into Word,select all, change font to normal or bold.ta dah!

[magician2000]

Since for now I only needed a few items, that works out OK, but to do it over a thousand times, OH BOY!

The matter is at a stand still right now, my printer ran out of ink and no new funds to buy another cartridge till the 16th and I don't want to be doubling up once I start reading everything, since I am sure to find something that could possibly help my current claim and the one I have waiting to submit.

Today was a bust except that I was able to pick up the CAT scan results and a CD of the Scan. Nothing new except for a bone spur, but don't know how it will figure into the whole picture of the fractured nasal bone and deviated septum. Their is a mild deviated septum, showing is a "S" configuration, but the sinuses are clear, so I am still left with getting a definitive opinion on what is causing the congestion and obstruction that is at all times no less than 50% to both times and at other times showing a complete obstruction of the left side.

I hope my IMO appointment on the 10th of this month will shed some light on that and also am hoping to get an allergy test to difinitively and hopefully rule out Allergic Rhinitis as my main problem and get these dumb ENT so called specialists at the VA to stop refering to my congestion as allergic rhinitis. It won't matter one way or another, I have found documentation or at least supportable literature that shows that a deviated septum or for that matter any structural abnormality will make such condition much worse than they out to be or cause an otherwise mild obstruction much worse and it states that this will happen in 50% or more of the time.

I sure wish ink cartridges weren't so expensive. I'd use the refillable kits, but having been in the Office Machine Repair business at one time, I have tried to clean a number of printers that had their plugs come out and on hot days or heavy use of the machine caused the ink to expand and mess up the works, sometimes it would be better to buy a new printer than try and clean up the machine.

Well I got to practice moving files around, it seems the files I moved to CD somehow moved as read only and now I can't do anything with the files except read or print them, I can't even seem to erase them from the disk and the disk is a RW disk and my computer has a CD write and re-write capability, maybe I have forgotten how thing work, I'll probably have to move the files to another disk, with the correction, instead of trying to figure it out. might save me time. LoL

Rockhound Rider :o :o

Rockhound. One of the filing formats I use is yymmdd 090906-(Subject) This way you will have a chronological order to them. Then break them up into sections (Progress notes)(Hearing)((Specialty clinics-cardio)(etc.)

The last time I requested my C-file it came in an envelope about 4" thick, and took me over 40 hours to organize it into any type of rational order. (I was really bored.) After that, I tabbed anything that I needed for my claims and it makes an easy reference. Now about every 6 months I ask the VA for all of my previous 6 mo. progress notes, and keep the file up to date... 40 hours was what it took me to organize about 25 years worth of data, now it takes me about 15 min to organize my progress notes twice a year.

[ssg_rw_brown]

O.k. in fear of feeling stupid but how did yu get all your VA records on CD?

Since I didn't have any idea at what the VA may have of medical file in my C-File, I requested a copy of my VA medical records on CD.

The Disk arrived today by FedX. It is self loading, but their is no instruction as to this point. The second time I loaded it, I had to select which drive and go from there. It uses Microsoft Office document imaging. One problem I noticed right away, the print was clear but it looked faded and made it hard on my poor eyes. Also there is no endex to go by, but there is a page by page listing on the left of the document similiar to what Adobe reader uses.

Now I have a lot of veiwing and reading to do, so I can make and endex and find what is available to support my current claim and the new one to come after it.

At least now I won't have to worry about loosing a hard copy or trying to go through all the paper to find what I need. With an endex, it should make thing a bit easier to find. It's not a perfect system, but it seems it is going to be better than what I had had to deal with in the past when I needed a particular document.

I still have to see if everything is their, including Cat scans, MRI's, and Xrays.

You all might consider getting your VA Medical Records of CD.

Rockhound Rider :D

[Rockhound]

I went into the records office and asked for the information and was asked if I wanted it as a hard copy or would I like it on a CD. Mind you, Xrys, CAT scans, MRI's and such must be gotten seperately, only the written report or evaluation of these will be on the CD, at least that is what I have found thus far. There is a lot of pages of information to go through and catalogue, for me to know for sure, that there really is no digital imagery on this CD.

If they don't offer it to you, then ask them if they do or can put it on CD.

Rockhound Rider :D

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O.k. in fear of feeling stupid but how did yu get all your VA records on CD?