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I had thought the new final AO reg would have been posted by now based on what I've heard through the grapevine, but have not seen it posted to Federal Register yet. Does anyone know for a fact that OMB has completed its fiscal review? I filed my comp claim 8/10/09 on basis of both prostate cancer and hairy cell leukemia, having been treated for prostate cancer 8/1/05, but still seeing an oncologist every 4 months for the leukemia which was diagnosed 4/10/07. I assume my claim is on stay until final reg is implemented although I never received a notice from Togus VA with the stay language. I filed my claim with Detroit VA, but they farmed it out to Togus in Augusta, Maine to do the development and I have mailed 28 packages of documents to Togus since October 2009 when they received my claim from Detroit. To make it all the more confusing, I recently received two letters on the same day from Detroit VA, but written on two different days which had two different filing dates for my claim, but both later than the original electronic filing date of 8/1/10, both letters inferring that Detroit had overlooked the fact they had farmed out my claim to Togus VA. Having just read the 8/19/10 VA OIG report on its inspection of the Detroit VA Regional Office with its high error rate, I'm hoping that my claim gets fair and accurate adjudication when Togus returns it to Detroit although I did ask Togus to adjudicate it,if possible, when the new reg is implemented. I live in Michigan so have to assume they'll return it to Detroit for the final adjudication. It's been over 12 months since I filed it so I guess another 3 months or more is not a big deal. I just want fair treatment. I also discovered that were many documents missing from my St. Louis personnel file, including some medical reports and two or three TDY orders, one of which was for my TDY from Kadena AB, Okinawa to Tan Son Nhut AB, Vietnam shortly after Operation Ranch Hand began in 1962. I was PCS at Kadena 1961-63 and may also have been exposed to Agent Orange there as well as during a TDY to Howard AB, Canal Zone August 1963, that TDY order also missing from my file, where Agent Orange is thought by many to have been sprayed. We'll never know exactly what happened in Okinawa or the Canal Zone. I just know I acquired both prostate cancer and hairy cell leukemia which I don't believe was just random luck. I'm also having a total hip replacement done 9/29/10, but I'll never know if there's any connection between my severe hip and cervical osteoarthritis and exposure to Agent Orange. I just know I have multiple impairments. Fortunately, I don't have IHD or Parkinson's, yet.
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