BVA sent remand back to regional VA, they failed to follow the judges directions

[retiredat44]

BVA sent remand back to regional VA, they failed to follow the judges directions. They only copied what was in the first denial, and did not meet the conditions of the BVA judge.

They totally ignored al of the injury and chemicals that got me sick. They did not use any of the missing evidence the judge stated in the remand.

I am asking my POA to help me craft a letter to the local VA and BVA, specifically citing areas of failure in the SSOC. 

I know my case is complicated and very lengthy.

 

I worked with chemicals and got sick on active duty. I had skin disease and was also hospitalized for gastritis, while on active duty.

I got sick from jet Fuel, Leaded Gasoline, Diesel Fuel and Trichloroethylene.

 

The denial only listed Jet Fuel, and they never addressed the other chemicals , never, ever, in any response to my claim. Not di they acknowledge my hospitalizations on active duty. All were omitted and never responded to which were also listed by the judge in the remand.

I am also the one who spent six months in a VA hospital with a dying pancreas.

After I moved from San Diego to Oregon, after being treated for 20 years at the VA in San Diego, the care has been lacking and not nearly as good. I am having more complications, so I don't know how much longer before the next medical emergency. I just had one where an artery swelled up that was blocked and I bled internally. I have budd-chiarri disease, Splenic vein thrombosis, and necrotizing pancreatitis, arteries are partially blocked to the heart. The femoral artery from the leg through the goin swelled up badly and bled inside of me. The doctors screwed that up and try to say I has skin infection. but nothing could be found from a scraping and microscopic inspection plus waiting 6 hours in the emergency room, they told me to come back if it happens again. It happed again, this time I took photos and of course my doctor was gone (vacation?) and the fill in doctor was worthless. It showed a very blood red and blistered area where the artery passes from the leg to the body. By the time I drive and sit the swelling goes back down. and leaves blood inside where the vein leaks. The doctors are clueless up here!

The VA is a nightmare here.

 

I would also like to get another IMO. My last one form a Toxicologist doctor was hard to find and extremely expensive.

 

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Nightmare.. so,, there is an, appeals POA (office that does appeals only), my POA sent me to help me finish with the BVA appeals... and I was trying to get a letter from one of my doctors that was working for both UC San Diego  medical school and the VA as a Gastroenterologist. So, it looks like he just quit there recently, and looks like he is working in the Middle East at some medical University. So, it looks impossible to get in contact with him without looking like a stalker. He could have really helped with a letter about the causes of my health problems, as he was one of my doctors when I was an inpatient for 6 months. he was one who had linked the chemicals to the pancreatitis. he did on his own, as they interrogated me asking what I worked with before I got sick. Lucky me..... my doctor goes to the United Arab Emirates to probably get paid a fortune. So, no way to ask him for the letter. The VA revolving door bites us again.

I don't remember the other doctor's names... even if I did it has been a long time and I would look like a stalker from trying to contact people from a long distance search. They could have written down the conversation where they kept asking me what I worked with and how they affected my health while on active duty.

I thought the BVA would finally just help me, but now they are getting more opinions I guess. The VA really plays dirty. They will not stop until they try everything to stop me from getting full benefits. I still fee confident I can win but the extra time, and misery really hurts.

 

 

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Today I received a call from the GI clinic that did my pancreatitis  (necrotizing Pancreatitis operation/procedure) Ja Lolla California, San Diego VA Hospital. I had written a letter to the doctor who was one of my GI doctors who took care of me during my six months as an inpatient after the pancreatic procedures that  went wrong. He had left the USA last year. But the doctors in the GI clinic got my letter and wrote me an IMO (Independent Medical Opinion on my behalf).

 

They told me they are mailing it today Yes, it is July 3, 2019, tomorrow is a holiday. I should have the letter by Saturday ? I will take this IMO and get it the BVA second I get it. I was told it was written properly with the correct IMO wording 'More than likely' is written into the IMO. I still have 2 weeks before my deadline is up for returning evidence. I thought I would post this in my thread, as I will give credit were credit is due.

 

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2.5 years ago I posted this and it probably really happened 6 months, or more, before I found out... If anyone wants a timeline for their own case.. I have no clue if mine is normal, abnormal, or???? Like I said, if you don't have problems before, you will after....