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I have a new claim for migraines and unemployability and the va without asking added increases to my current disabilities, L Knee, R Knee, Tinnitus, Major depressive Disorder. They ordered all c&p exams and all were completed. Claim went back and forth several times prep for decision and gathering evidence. It was prep for decision and when it hit the first part of the estimated completion date 7-5-18, it went back to gathering evidence and gave a new estimated completion of january next year. Checked Vets.gov and in the files section showing all of the requested info from the VA it shows Request #7 CO Opinion Request is no longer needed. I cannot find anywhere what a CO Opinion Request is. Can somebody please help?

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Odd term- CO usually means VA Central Office-

sometimes their opinion is need for extraschedular consideration, 

but also the BVA has started to use the term ( in remands) to refer to the "BVA's CO" meaning their central office in DC where BVA hearings are often held.

Did you ever have a BVA case in the past?

GRADUATE ! Nov 2nd 2007 American Military University !

When thousands of Americans faced annihilation in the 1800s Chief

Osceola's response to his people, the Seminoles, was

simply "They(the US Army)have guns, but so do we."

Sameo to us -They (VA) have 38 CFR ,38 USC, and M21-1- but so do we.

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I have a new claim for migraines and unemployability and the va without asking added increases to my current disabilities, L Knee, R Knee, Tinnitus, Major depressive Disorder. They ordered all c&p exams and all were completed. Claim went back and forth several times prep for decision and gathering evidence. It was prep for decision and when it hit the first part of the estimated completion date 7-5-18, it went back to gathering evidence and gave a new estimated completion of january next year. Checked Vets.gov and in the files section showing all of the requested info from the VA it shows Request #7 CO Opinion Request is no longer needed. I cannot find anywhere what a CO Opinion Request is. Can somebody please help?

I have 3 NOD's filed separately from this claim. I originally filed my first claim in 2004 which my attorney and I are fighting for that earlier effective date but all of that is separate from this claim. This claim was originally just for migraines and unemployability but they added my other disabilities as increases to this claim as to which I have completed all of my C&P exams and all evidence has been submitted a few months ago. And it is saying that the CO Opinion Request is no longer needed as of 7-3-2018. 

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I assume maybe they didnt need it because they have enough to make an award.....that is what I hope for-

Do you know if the C & P exams were favorable to your claim?

GRADUATE ! Nov 2nd 2007 American Military University !

When thousands of Americans faced annihilation in the 1800s Chief

Osceola's response to his people, the Seminoles, was

simply "They(the US Army)have guns, but so do we."

Sameo to us -They (VA) have 38 CFR ,38 USC, and M21-1- but so do we.

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After the exams I felt confident that they went very well but who knows what the doctors actually put into the exam report and what the raters actually think when reading the report. Im just really hoping that you are right and that this claim is finished very soon. Barely able to make ends meet on what I am recieving now with my compensation. 

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