QUESTION: How can I be absolutely sure I get a copy of my COMPLETE medical records from 1972-1975?
2013, I requested and actually DID receive SOME medical records (I did not know they were incomplete) from NPRC.
2014, I requested(*see attached) medical records from 1972-end of 1975, and got this response from the NPRC:
"ORIGINAL MEDICAL RECORD NEEDED TO ANSWER YOUR INQUIRY IS NOT IN YOUR FILES; THAT MEDICAL RECORD IS WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS (VA)"
Attached are the TWO NPRC responses to the TWO medical requests that were just under one year apart. In one case I received information, and in the most recent case I was told it does NOT exist at NPRC. Please understand that my mind is racing with "WTF!", anger, puzzlement, etc. Understanding that the records I am requesting are over 40yr old and existed with the NPRC last year, how can they now be "missing"?
FWIW, my disability rating came in Dec 2013 (for a 1972 TBI) and the examiners had way more medical records information in front of them on their PCs than I had ever received after my 2013 request for that SAME information. Some of that EXTRA medical records that I did NOT receive, but the examiners had and used, actually DID help me in receiving my 50% rating, BUT I am lost, feeling that the records that have been kept from me, could and probably do, indicate I should have a much higher rating than what was awarded.
I am about ready to launch a letter writing campaign including several Congressmen, the VA Secretary, and others. Is THAT my next step?
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QUESTION: How can I be absolutely sure I get a copy of my COMPLETE medical records from 1972-1975?
2013, I requested and actually DID receive SOME medical records (I did not know they were incomplete) from NPRC.
2014, I requested(*see attached) medical records from 1972-end of 1975, and got this response from the NPRC:
"ORIGINAL MEDICAL RECORD NEEDED TO ANSWER YOUR INQUIRY IS NOT IN YOUR FILES; THAT MEDICAL RECORD IS WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS (VA)"
Attached are the TWO NPRC responses to the TWO medical requests that were just under one year apart. In one case I received information, and in the most recent case I was told it does NOT exist at NPRC. Please understand that my mind is racing with "WTF!", anger, puzzlement, etc. Understanding that the records I am requesting are over 40yr old and existed with the NPRC last year, how can they now be "missing"?
FWIW, my disability rating came in Dec 2013 (for a 1972 TBI) and the examiners had way more medical records information in front of them on their PCs than I had ever received after my 2013 request for that SAME information. Some of that EXTRA medical records that I did NOT receive, but the examiners had and used, actually DID help me in receiving my 50% rating, BUT I am lost, feeling that the records that have been kept from me, could and probably do, indicate I should have a much higher rating than what was awarded.
I am about ready to launch a letter writing campaign including several Congressmen, the VA Secretary, and others. Is THAT my next step?
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I found that getting medical records is one of the most maddening parts of this process! So you are not alone in that! Keep in mind, that LAST THING VA wants is for you to have your OWN medical re
HorizontalMike
I made my FIRST disability claim Sept. 2012, almost a year earlier than when NPRC actually accessed and sent me some of my medical records (August 2013). You may be correct in that the VA pulled them
HorizontalMike
Well, it did not take an Act of Congress to get a referral by my PCP for a return visit to the TBI Clinic BUT... IT DID TAKE AN ACT OF A CONGRESSMAN! And this is now the end of February 2015! I e
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