Rating Board

[john999]

I called the VA today and all my DMII secondary claims are at the rating board including a CUE claim I filed.

Does this mean that I am not going for any C&P exams. I have pretty extensive documentation for the DMII claims, including medical opinions from my VA doctor saying the conditions are service connected. The VA says they are going to rate all my claims together including the CUE. They are waiting for one more test on my legs. This is pretty fast so I think I will get SC'ed for the DMII claims and denied for the CUE. I filed the claims in September of 2006 and they are already at the rating board.

[Bound4heaven]

Greetings,

It sure does sound that way and appears they will not send you for a C&P exam. I am rated at 100% loss of use of both feet and over 160% of other service connected issues and they sent me in 3 months ago for a C&P when I filed a claim for AA, and I had 2 letters from attending VA phyisians that stated I met the necessary critera for it.

That is a blessing to you and less stress on you as well. Merry Chritmas and God bless.

Bound4Heaven

[marinejay]

You should not have to do a C& P Exam if its at the board. They only way it may happen is if they need more info to do the rating. The only thing i would say is don't believe always what you hear from calling the 800 #. If you call back they may tell you something different.

Just my 3 cents

[Guest jstacy]

John, they will still send you for a C@Pe xamination. The Rating board can also order an exam.

The rating board asked for an opinion on my claim as well as a separate C@P examination.

[Guest jangrin]

I called the VA today and all my DMII secondary claims are at the rating board including a CUE claim I filed.

Does this mean that I am not going for any C&P exams. I have pretty extensive documentation for the DMII claims, including medical opinions from my VA doctor saying the conditions are service connected. The VA says they are going to rate all my claims together including the CUE. They are waiting for one more test on my legs. This is pretty fast so I think I will get SC'ed for the DMII claims and denied for the CUE. I filed the claims in September of 2006 and they are already at the rating board.

John999,

don't believe what the 800# says about the rating board. I think they must look at the screen and then they see what is suppose to happen next according to the last post when someone worked on the file. Then they tell you "oh it's at the rating board", or "we are just wainting for signatures". I think it is a bunch of BULL.

We were told by the 800# that the file was at the rating board in Oakland, it turned up on an upstairs desk in WACO, and now they are saying it was never at the rating board. I thinkI'll keep calling about the claim. Every time someone picks up your file they throw it back in the stack when their done. But, then it is back on the top again. I think you need to call at least every ten days just to keep the file from getting buried.

Jangrin

[Guest jangrin]

Jangrin,

Someone still lied to you, Waco Regional Office does not have an Upstairs office, It is a one story brick building. :D

Rick,

Thats exactly my point, I just posted to John999 on another post, don't believe anything the 800# people say. They look at a screen and tell you the next thing that might happen according to the last computer notes someone put in the system regarding that claim. I think the idea is to call every 10 days or so and see how many things they can make up. Eventually someone will have to pick up the file but when they put it back it may go to the top of the stack. LOL

We are probably going to be waiting for quite some time as The TVC said there were a lot of California files transfered to WACO and that Texas and Calif had the highest enlistment for service so we have the most vets therefore the longest wait. Oh well, not much else we can do, except wait.

Jangrin

Edited December 11, 2006 by jangrin

[Berta]

I agree -they can give out incorrect info-

They told me at 800 # that my claim and all the files were over at the Regional counsel's office-for the last 2 weeks- we just talked by phone- VA counsel only has a small file regarding my recent FTCA-SF 95- they never got one like it before-

and although that ploy might fail-I told him to send me a letter as to why he believes it might not be basis for a tort.He isnt sure yet how to assess the SF 95 I filed.

What gets me is that this was separate issue from my claim-

I thought they were indicating at 800 that this SF 95 had help up the claim but it didn't.

That is- it shouldn't have held it up-

I sent them an inquery -wonder what that will reveal-

It sure pays to keep up on your claims-

If we had access to the VA appeals VACOLS screen and the COVERS screen, ourselves-

they could put many 800 vet reps to work in the claims processing- like sending out VCAA letters that never come.

Edited December 11, 2006 by Berta