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Anyone Ever Req A Diff Varo?

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They know what to schedule.

If you are having a difficult time getting what is needed

my suggestion is to get an IMO - I know they usually cost but

it is an investment.

JMHO

i recently contacted a few congressmen due to the varo never scheduling the appts for secondary issues, though they were requested once last year and again the first of this year. right after that the varo sends me a request to provide evidence i had limitations regarding any of those secondary issues while on active duty. and they wrote back to the congress people they were going to schedule the secondary issues exams, though they never mentioned this was already asked of them twice by pva. nor did they cc that note to pva, who are my claims reps.

not sure i understand requesting me to provide evidence for secondary issues while on active duty. i would have thought they could see that since they granted SC due to supportive evidence of ms. plus they were given imo which i guess they agreed with. and they were evaluate "current" secondary issues as requested by pva twice already, though never done.

i'm afraid i feel they never would have moved on the pva requests if i had not written DC. it's going on 6 months since pva requested the appts and close to a year since c&p confirmation of sc'd ms.

is all this just the same ol standard procedure?

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It seems most who post here have nothing good to say about their VARO. I thought St. Pete VARO was the darkest pit in hell. Maybe there are worse ones out there. St Pete would oppose me on any claim and try to cheat me on effective dates. A friend of mine moved from California to Idaho. I don't know why in the world he did that, but now he says that VA is the worst in the world. I think Sunbelt states are bad because they have lots of vets. The VA is only about 20 years behind on building projects and hiring.

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There are more than a few VARO's that are bad news.

Veterans deserve real choice for their health care.

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There are more than a few VARO's that are bad news.

business as usual i take it. when they start ignoring the likes of pva and such, almost zero avenues of help for the veteran pinned down by the va -- imho

well guys, thats where i'm at today, fwiw,

so much for that 120days thing mr shinseki put in place.

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When moving from California to Arkansas is changed VARO's. It cost me about a year in claims time...

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Just readin the mail

 

Excerpt from the 'Declaration of Independence'

 

We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the ties of our common kindred to disavow these usurpations, which, would inevitably interrupt our connections and correspondence. They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity

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