Remand

[Larrybart]

I had a BVA hearing in 2008. In April 2009 I received a denial for Sleep Apnea and the Illonginial hernia neuralgia was remanded. In July a doctor who was working for the VA, but now is in a private Sleep clinic looked at my records and stated I definiately had sleep apnea during my periods of active duty. She wrote a letter to that affect and I submitted it through DVA and BVA agreeed to look at the letter and make a decision. I cannot find anything about the remand. Do you know about how long these take. I was told they could take up to several years.

I also have in my records several eposides of Gastitits documented. I developed Barrett's and submitted for this in October 2009. Along with a hital hernia that is documented. Will this be helt up until the remand is over?

Part of the problem is I was in the National Guard as a Civil Service Loadmaster. I flew on an average of twice a month for 3 to 6 days each trip. Each time I was on Tiltle 10 or Title 32 orders, the only time I received a DD 214 was when I left the AF in 1972 and the 1 year of Desert Storm. I cannot seem to make the VA understand this. They keep saying the only active duty I had was during these 2 periods. I have sent in orders, and a retirement summary which states how many active duty days I was on.

thanks for the help

Larry

[Vync]

Have you requested a copy of your personnel file? It might be possible that some of your unit assignments were never logged into your records.

[Larrybart]

The orders were never logged into the personnel system. They were cut by our unit orders clerk. That is the reason there is no log of all of them. I have a retirement summary from

ARPC which states i had 60 to 80 days of active duty a year. I also have my flight records. They record which days I was on active duty and the amount of flying time each day. This is a pretty massive file. I had over 11,000 flying hours.

Thanks so much for the advice.

Larry