Va Examination

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Happy New Years!!!

Question: If VA provides you a VA examination, does this mean that they have determined that one of the below conditions have satisfied by the evidence in the claims file?

1) competent evidence of a current disability or persistent or recurrent symptoms of a disability.

2) evidence establishing that an event, injury, or disease occurred in service, or establishing that certain diseases manifested during an applicable presumptive period for which the claimant qualifies, and

3) an indication that the disability or persistent or recurrent symptoms of a disability may be associated with the veteran's service or with another service-connected disability, but

4) there is insufficient competent medical evidence on file for the Secretary to make a decision on the claim.

Thank you!!

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[Gastone]

Add: Started a reply, then went and looked at some of your prior posts. Have I got your VA claims situation right? Your currently waiting on a NOD filed prior to 2010 and it appeared to me that you still haven't received an Award/Denial letter from the VA. Are the Medical Exams your referring to in your most recent post, C & P exams requested by your VARO Rater or possibly on Remand from the BVA. Clarification please. There is always the possibility that the exams were ordered by your VA Primary Care DR and are not necessarily expressly for the Appeal of denied issues. Please clarify your claims status, thanks.

Semper Fi

Gastone

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Gastone

The VA examination at the time was for a NOD. After receiving the NOD, VA Requested an examination. The examination was conducted, but I was still denied. The Examination was not listed in the denial decision.

The status of the claim now is at the BVA level. The reason that I asked the question: It seems that the C&P examination was requested because I had evidence that met one of the 4 conditions that would qualify for VA to request an examination to assist in resolving the claim.

I hope this helps..

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