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Reviewing The C-File

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Anyone know how long the VA has to achedule an appointment for you to review your c-file?

It's been well over 90 days since I went to the VARO and asked to do so and still nothing from them.

Meanwhile, they made a decision (which I will be appealing), does this mean I have to go back and ask to review the c-file again?

So confusing...

Thanks for any help! :smile:

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If there is a time frame then the VA ignores it with no penalty. It took my lawyer a year to get his own "complete" copy of my file.

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I also ran across this (while I was looking for something else...lol)

http://www.attiglawfirm.com/communicate/how-to-get-your-va-c-file/

The attorney is also referencing a 20 day time-frame to get a copy.

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I think you can get the newest additions to your file for free as well. Say you asked for a copy in 2000 you could get everything since 2000 for free. I am not 100% sure about this but I know it is worth a try. I am not paying a dollar a page for it I know that.

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I have always made the request in writing under auspices of both FOIA and Privacy Act, 5, USC 552,whether for copy of my C file or for a copy of a specific medical report in the med recs.

The C file is not the Med Rec file.

Also Voc Rehab records might have to be requested directly from VA Voc Rehab.

My last C file request was some time ago and what an eye opener that was!

A critical Peer Review medical report ,that both the Regional Counsel and the Doctor who prepared had verified to me, had been done ,and sent to the VARO ,regarding my DIC claim, had suddenly disappeared in 1996 (so did that doctor and the RC) and VA continually told me this report had "never' existed at all.

It was right at the bottom of my C file!

I used it for my DMII AO death claim as well as my AO IHD Nehmer claim.

Also an incident report VA said was not in existence regarding a medical pharmacy error I proved had occurred(and should have been prepared and sent to some big deal at VHA here in NY) was in my C file too.

Having a hard copy of your whole C file is worth the wait,in my opinion, because the stress of a brief review at a VARO,to me,

would not be beneficial unless the C file is very limited.

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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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