My C-file Is At The Vamc!

[Vync]

My C-file is at my VAMC, in the C&P clinic. They said it was four volumes thick.

I placed my initial request for a copy of it at the beginning of November 2009 and heard nothing at all from the VA, despite numerous calls. The only thing I learned was they will not send it for copying until all claims are completed.

I asked the C&P clinic folks if they could route it through the VAMC's Release of Information office. The supervisor was not in the office at both the C&P clinic and the ROI office, but they asked me to follow up tomorrow.

Anyone have any luck getting a copy of their C-file this way?

[*Bergie*]

My C-file is at my VAMC, in the C&P clinic. They said it was four volumes thick.

I placed my initial request for a copy of it at the beginning of November 2009 and heard nothing at all from the VA, despite numerous calls. The only thing I learned was they will not send it for copying until all claims are completed.

I asked the C&P clinic folks if they could route it through the VAMC's Release of Information office. The supervisor was not in the office at both the C&P clinic and the ROI office, but they asked me to follow up tomorrow.

Anyone have any luck getting a copy of their C-file this way?

Vync,

They will send you a copy whether or not you have open claims, I got mine while I had active claims pending and a DRO hearing pending. I requested copies of ALL my claims that I had ever filed.

Bergie

[john999]

The doctor doing your exam is not really going to read your C-File. He might glance at your SMR's if they are available. Nobody has read my c-file except me in forty years. First off my c-file is a mess and nobody could make heads or tails of it. It is not in chronological order and is also full of redundant copies. Your is probably the same and most is illegible. This is part of pretend exams they do to justify letting some PA do an exam and trump your MD.

[*Bergie*]

The doctor doing your exam is not really going to read your C-File. He might glance at your SMR's if they are available. Nobody has read my c-file except me in forty years. First off my c-file is a mess and nobody could make heads or tails of it. It is not in chronological order and is also full of redundant copies. Your is probably the same and most is illegible. This is part of pretend exams they do to justify letting some PA do an exam and trump your MD.

John,

Your exactly right, mine is full of copies of everything and is in no identifiable order. To top it off it came in 6 seperate envelopes and I don't know which order they go. This is why I bring copies and make a point to give the C&P doctor a copy of each thing as he mentions it during the exam.

Bergie

[Testvet]

my c file takes 2 of those rolling carts to move around I can't remember the last time I saw it at the VA for a C&P exam and there is no way any doctor is going to read the entire file I seriously doubt they even go thru and find the data related to my current claim they most likely use the last denial as the starting point..... just the stuff my lawyer did for the CAD appeal is 2 feet thick on the BVA stage of it

[Vync]

Bergie,

I tried that, but have not had any luck.

John999,

My dental exam should go well. The dentist who is doing it also saw me about a month ago and commented that my TMJ was worse than before. Luckily, the doc is older, not a young inexperienced puppet.

Testvet,

When I was at the C&P clinic, I glanced over at the rolling carts loaded with C-Files and wondered if you happened to be in the same building as me.

I am doing what Bergie recommends. I plan to carry with me an index of all documents, ratings criteria, and copies of all evidence with key statements highlighted. If I make things easier for the doc, maybe they will respect it.

[john999]

Be very careful about getting surgery to correct the TMJ. It can go very wrong from what my private dentist tells me. I know a vet who is on 100% for chronic pain from a botched TMJ operation. I have had TMJ for 40 years. Now I just manually put my jaw back in place when if slips out. I did have pain and popping for years but got no treatment. Now it does not hurt anymore probably because the joint is just shot and does really hold my jaw in place so I have to be careful eating chewie food.