Can Anyone Tell If This Happen To Them?

[JayBrown1]

I CALLED THE VA TODAY TO CHECK ON THE STATUS OF MY APPEAL, I WAS TOLD THAT A CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW WAS REQUESTED AND MY FILE WAS PULLED AND IS IN REVIEW. I TOLD HIM THAT I DID NOT REQUEST NOR DID I CONTACT MY CONGRESSMAN. HE THEN TOLD ME THAT PROBABLY MY SERVICE ORGANIZATION REPRESENTATIVE (AL) REQUESTED A CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW ON MY BEHALF. I ASKED IF THEY CAN DO THAT WITHOUT NOTIFYING ME AND HE TOLD ME, "YES."

CAN ANYONE TELL ME IF THIS IS TRUE? CAN A SERVICE ORGANIZATION REPRESENTATIVE CONTACT A CONGRESSMAN WITHOUT TELLING YOU?

[Berta]

WOW Larry-that is Great news!

[billy2]

WOW Larry-that is Great news!

Larry,

I'm going to Canada.

Congrats,

Bill

[LarryJ]

Larry,

I'm going to Canada.

Congrats,

Bill

That's not far enough.

The VA has a reciprocal agreement with Canada's VA system. If you are found in Canada......their VA system has agreed to treat you just like you would be treated baack hommmme!

Then they'll call the least experienced VSO to come help you out.

Be seein' ya!

[Pete53]

I will consider it an honor to be a client

[carlie]

Larry,

Congrats.

carlie

[Jayg]

Better yet call your district Congressman's office to see if they generated this inquiry- try your 2 Senators too- A Senate inquiry as well as letters to the President about a claim are all sent to VA and are designated as "Congressional Inquiries"-as in my personal experience with doing all of above.

Not necessarily a letter to the president. I was so frustrated my second year (only the second! what a child I was! :) ) that I blasted off letters to everyone includijng the president. Now I did know he wouldn't read it, even see it or anything like that but I hadda do it. I got a nice little letter from the "Office of the President" back too. But it did not move my file to congressional. Of course, it had only recently come oughta there.