Just Had C & . Doc Notified Missing Year Of Documents.

fished4time · June 19, 2015

Like the title states I just had a yearly re-eval which I hate with every grain in my soul. And have lost weight over the stress this crap does, but to get to the point the doc let me know she had no documents or records since my last eval. What do I need to do to get these dirty rats my records? Is there an easy way to do this or should I just wait to see outcome first. A years worth of records is not being reviewed this is b.s. Also it was done by QTC how do I get a record of the exam from them? My attention span is short and it makes it hard to concentrate and read some of these very use full articles but I am working on helping myself and gaining what I can from this great site. thanks

USMC_VET · June 19, 2015

Im guessing QTC is a private provider.

1) Did the VA refer you to them/pay for them or did you go there on your own?

2) if you went there on your own did you sign a release to allow the VA access to those records.

3) The Examiner will note what records they reviewed

4) If QTC is private etc call them up and ask for medical records office/records release. usually you have to fill out a form, and request what you want from them, ie xrays, doctors notes, etc. After every civilian doctors visit i request all the notes, etc. from them. I usually request "All Records relating to visits to any doctor,specialist, nurse for any treatments between the dates of XX/XX/XXXX- XX/XX/XXXX to include doctors notes, opinions, exams, xrays, blood tests and anything else not listed. Sometimes they will charge for this if its for "personal use" and not being sent to another doctor, if so you may want to cut out xrays, etc and jsut stick to exam/doctors notes.

DO THIS NOW. Get the records ASAP, let the people at the hospital know this is time sensitive for the VA and need it ASAP.

Collect the documents and then submit them to your claims intake center, find yours at (http://www.benefits.va.gov/compensation/mailingaddresses.asp)

When you do this, I would personally fax them to the number indicated along with a statement in support of claim and indicate in that statement what claim is referring to, and HOW MANY PAGES YOU ARE SENDING, along with what they are. I would even number the pages and indicate in the statement what each page consists of (general description) so that they cant say they reviewed the 10 pages you sent when you actually sent 50 and cant prove what they did or didnt get. Fax them and then send in a copy by mail CERTIFIED MAIL WITH RETURN RECEIPT. Keep copies of all of this, keep a third copy of what you sent just like how you sent it and staple the certified mail receipt to it and when the return receipt comes back, staple that to. also staple the confirmation of fax to that as well. keep all of it forever and ever. keep everything the va sends you or you to them for that matter, you never know when that may mean the difference between winning and losing, trust me i learned the hard way.

I would also then go to IRIS on ebenefits and send a message to C&P stating "XX June, 2015 I sent a statement in support of claim along with X Pages of Medical Evidence Treatment notes from private physicians at QTC.....I want this message to be included in my C File regarding this claim" then at least...hopefully at least one message goes through and is included in the claim file and is evidence you did send this in. So that in the off chance you are denied, you review the exam report and the decision from the rater you can look and see. If you dont see "Statement in Support of Claim dated XX June, 2015" which should match up with the date on teh statement you sent in then you know you would have a good shot at appeal to say they didnt consider all the evidence and when the VA comes back to say "You didnt send it in" you have proof it was received via fax, certified, return receipt and should be in your C-File.

Dont blow a gasket, anything with the VA is hard and frustrating, you have to put more redundancies in your dealings and communications with them than were in the apollo program to land on the moon.