Do I need to resend MSR's with new claim?

[JATO]

Im in the middle of the NOD process with an older claim, about to submit an FDC for a new disease not addressed before.  Do I need to resend my MSR's with the FDC. The VA already has everything from my old claim.  Ive been retired for over a year now so nothing has changed in my MSR's.

Thoughts?

[john999]

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I think they mean you military medical records that show how you got your disability was due to some injury or illness you sustained in service.   They don't need your whole C-File.  Now if you were filing for PTSD you would want to send them any records that show your stressor or confirm a stressor like a CIB, CAB or PH or any medal for valor like Bronze Star with V.  If it PTSD for non combat then you want to send documentation to show nature of stressor etc. 

 

[Andyman73]

MSR is Military Service Record, and SMR is the same just Service instead of Military.  Pretty much first day of boot camp till your exit physical, preservice physicals are usually included.

[JATO]

On 8/27/2016 at 10:26 AM, Berta said:

I think you mean SMRs, or STRs (your inservice medical records.)

For any claim filed ,the VA needs an inservice nexus.

That is usually found in a veteran's SMRs.

If you tell us why they denied (their actual reasons and bases can be scanned with the evidence list and attached here.) Cover your C file #, name, address prior to scanning it..we could help more.

Often VA will state they reviewed the SMRs and found the SMRs were "silent" for any nexus.

That is not always the case at all.Some are loud and clear.

I think they spend 5 minutes on reviewing SMRs and many of us here have spent days and weeks on them.

 

Sorry for the late response, I've got a lot of irons in the fire at the moment

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[saxman]

Yes, send everything that supports your claim even if they already have it.  I did a claim knowing they had everything and they denied my claim... and don't wait.  at minimum start the claim on ebenifits  for an intent to file and you have one year to complete the claim as you gather evidence. 

jmo 

[Tyr]

Unless they are pertinent to your claim, I wouldn't.  Are you writing a statement that you hurt your knee in Ranger school, and are showing that you have a tab?  Showing that you were in RVN, and claiming a presumptive?  Claiming hearing loss, and wanting to show you were assigned to an arty unit? 

 

Unless you have reason to believe they don't have them, I wouldn't.  If it was there a year ago, its there now.

 

If the VA wants them, they can get them in 15 or so minutes via DPRIS.

 

Ask yourself this - how will it benefit your claim, and how may they hurt it?  Hint - 7000 pages of mostly redundant records makes it easy to miss the stuff that isn't redundant. 

 

If there is one thing you want to point out, highlight it, send in those one or two pages, and a 4138 saying "I want to point out that I was routinely exposed to hazardous noises when I was assigned to XXX arty BN, I've enclosed my NCOER that shows I was assigned to that unit"