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Smrs Considered Lost By Va In Decisions
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Does anyone have any solid information that would support a denial solely because service medical records word missing and repeatedly considered lost by VA.
The claim is now in the BVA appeals phase and I am thinking that there must be some precedent cases out there to support a Veterans claim when service treatment records are lost while in the possession of the Department of Veteran Affairs.
While the VA states that the SMRs are considered lost, there is documentation, in the form of a letter from the National Personnel Records Center (NPRC), in the claims file that clearly states that the Service treatment records were sent to the Department of Veterans Affairs.
The last SSOC stated the denied "because your service treatment records are unavailable".
Please provide any information that you may have to help put together a good letter for inclusion in the BVA appeal evidence based off of this situation..
Thank you..
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The regulations involving lost service records are not all that "Veteran Friendly". This is why the VA did and does get away with shredding Veterans records and has been caught at it in 2008. In
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