First, you have to know your evidence is shredded. How do you know that? There are 2 serious clues:
1. You have been denied because your records are "absent" any evidence of xxx condition, andyou know that is not the case.
2. You order a copy of your claim file, and you say..."Gee, why did they not have xxx document that shows the doc said it was at least as likely as not, your xxx condition was related to military service", for example.
So, either through a A) bad denial, as above or B)stuff missing when you get your cfile.
A. A bad denial, where the "reasons and bases" conflict with YOUR version of the evidence. There can be 2 reasons for this:
1) The VA never even read your evidence. Instead, they "top sheeted" you and read the first page and wrote a decision.
2) The VA did not have your evidence to read because of "evidence mishandling". This includes inappropriatly shredding, it includes your information placed in another Veterans file, your evidence simply is lost, it could be stuffed into a cabinent somewhere. It may or may not be found later.
Sometimes, the Veteran does not know if the VA had the evidence and never read it, or if they mishandled the evidence. I think each of these should be treated the same:
APPEAL, APPEAL, APPEAL and, importantly, DOCUMENT that the decision conflicts with the evidence and explain precisely why you should have been approved and what evidence seems to be missing. Send the applicable evidence into VA, and I do suggest marking on that document. "This document has been resent by Veteran, as this document appears to me missing from cfile".
Ask The VA to Cue themselves. (Ask Berta if you do not know what this means)
Always send evidence to the VA certified mail return receipt requested, especially if they lost it the first time, they are even more likely to lose it the second time. VA has promised they fixed the shredder issue, multiple times, and Veterans report that is not true. The new "evidence intake centers" may help the problem but it is unknown to what degree, if any, or if it will make the problem even worse.
Always follow up: Ask the VA if they got your evidence.
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First, you have to know your evidence is shredded. How do you know that? There are 2 serious clues:
1. You have been denied because your records are "absent" any evidence of xxx condition, and you know that is not the case.
2. You order a copy of your claim file, and you say..."Gee, why did they not have xxx document that shows the doc said it was at least as likely as not, your xxx condition was related to military service", for example.
So, either through a A) bad denial, as above or B)stuff missing when you get your cfile.
A. A bad denial, where the "reasons and bases" conflict with YOUR version of the evidence. There can be 2 reasons for this:
1) The VA never even read your evidence. Instead, they "top sheeted" you and read the first page and wrote a decision.
2) The VA did not have your evidence to read because of "evidence mishandling". This includes inappropriatly shredding, it includes your information placed in another Veterans file, your evidence simply is lost, it could be stuffed into a cabinent somewhere. It may or may not be found later.
Sometimes, the Veteran does not know if the VA had the evidence and never read it, or if they mishandled the evidence. I think each of these should be treated the same:
APPEAL, APPEAL, APPEAL and, importantly, DOCUMENT that the decision conflicts with the evidence and explain precisely why you should have been approved and what evidence seems to be missing. Send the applicable evidence into VA, and I do suggest marking on that document. "This document has been resent by Veteran, as this document appears to me missing from cfile".
Ask The VA to Cue themselves. (Ask Berta if you do not know what this means)
Always send evidence to the VA certified mail return receipt requested, especially if they lost it the first time, they are even more likely to lose it the second time. VA has promised they fixed the shredder issue, multiple times, and Veterans report that is not true. The new "evidence intake centers" may help the problem but it is unknown to what degree, if any, or if it will make the problem even worse.
Always follow up: Ask the VA if they got your evidence.
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First, you have to know your evidence is shredded. How do you know that? There are 2 serious clues: 1. You have been denied because your records are "absent" any evidence of xxx condition, and
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This is why Hadit has always suggested sending copies in as evidence. You must keep the originals always and forever.
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If a veteran gets a letter from VA stating that they do not have his/her evidence, it behooves the veteran to get, send or try to find that evidence. Keep in mind that veterans can use medical record
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