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How To Make Complaint To A Va Doctor

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i see where one of my neuro's is ping-ponging all over the place with regards to my diagnosis when he calls. in 9 months he never entered any info into my chart regarding those calls, etc.

i called him on it recently and he entered a paragraph or two but nothing about the past calls or what his conversations were about.

his notes are a bit contradictory to what he has expressed and are not on the same page as my local neuro. nothing new there trust me.

due to "title 38" there is no way the VA will give the correct diagnosis due to the disability that would show. case in point, is they say i "should start injections but in no way does that warrant a diagnosis of MS". you guys/gals know the drill.

any ways, what is the correct way to put in a complaint about this and is it a wise thing to do?

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I am very surprised that a VA doctor would call you personally.

And even more surprised if they would make entries on the calls in your med records.

It does happen-if a vet is critical- they often call a family member-

but the situation you described is a new one for me.

My doctor called me after an MRI to ask if I wanted back surgery. He recorded the call and general gist of the conversation.
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Ufrustrated asked,

"how does a vet with a legit claim get help from the VA then if that is their only option?"

The VA is hoping you wont get help and you will give up and abandon your claim. This is the reason they make it so frustrating for us..they want us to give up and become homeless or commit suicide, and they are done with us. Each Vet who becomes homeless or committs suicide is money in the VA's pocket, because that means that Vet is not getting benefits saving the VA thousands$.

Dont give in to them. They are the enemy, disguised as our friends. If they were our friends, they would not do that to us.

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hey broncovet, that is how i feel too. i think that is why my nerves get tweaked so, whenever i go there.

the ms specialist made the comment recently that the only way to be 100% certain was to do a brain biopsy and he wasn't going to do that!

been homeless before and the other almost came true. don't want to go back!

so we keep fighting ...

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"how does a vet with a legit claim get help from the VA then if that is their only option?"

The VA is hoping you wont get help and you will give up and abandon your claim. This is the reason they make it so frustrating for us..they want us to give up and become homeless or commit suicide, and they are done with us. Each Vet who becomes homeless or committs suicide is money in the VA's pocket, because that means that Vet is not getting benefits saving the VA thousands$.

Dont give in to them. They are the enemy, disguised as our friends. If they were our friends, they would not do that to us.

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Glad I re-read this-

A Reconsideration Request does NOT stop the NOD clock.

I filed a recon request on 2 CUE claims I had.I enclosed additional legal evidence with the request.

and I marked my calendar-the VA had failed to act on the request within a year after their decision.

They would have loved it if I had failed to NOD the decision in time.

I managed to file (with USPS Tracking slip) the NOD days before the year ran out and days after the new Lawyer for vets regs became law.

I got a lawyer but he transferred me to another lawyer I liked but didn't like the fee agreement so I revoked my POA.(they wanted me to leave the agreement undated.No way)

You still have time on the NOD -it appears-

and you did send them more evidence.

Sometimes a Reconsideration Request can produce a faster and better decision.It has happened to a few vets here.It all depends on who reads it.and when.

u are right. I filed a recon in april of 2009 and got a decision in july of 2009. I went from a SC at 0% to a 20%.

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>>I got a lawyer but he transferred me to another lawyer I liked but didn't like the fee agreement so I revoked my POA.(they wanted me to leave the agreement undated.No way)

Berta,

i don't understand the "undated" issue for the lawyer you had as POA.

what does that do to screw you and help them?

thx

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"i don't understand the "undated" issue for the lawyer you had as POA.

what does that do to screw you and help them?"

The POA was for a CUE claim. They saw potential for big retro in another claim I had pending.I did all the work myself on that claim as well as the CUE claim. I was not going to allow a lawyer to manipulate what the POA covered (only the CUE claim) and since I worked for lawyers myself for many years I sure wasn't going to agree to an undated fee agreement document.

Maybe in some cases it would be OK to sign an undated agreement[ but for me- NEVER would be OK to do that.

GRADUATE ! Nov 2nd 2007 American Military University !

When thousands of Americans faced annihilation in the 1800s Chief

Osceola's response to his people, the Seminoles, was

simply "They(the US Army)have guns, but so do we."

Sameo to us -They (VA) have 38 CFR ,38 USC, and M21-1- but so do we.

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