Dro Hearing Today

[chief 313]

to my fellow veterans and friends, had a dro hearing at waco ro today. i am dissapointed and disgusted and depressed. dro said your private drs opinions did not include a review of smr,s , wii order c and p for back, knees, ankel,gerd and anxiety disorders.was discharged after coming from vietnam and some medical records were lost . don,t know how this will help? plus the va lost my smr in houston ro. what they are useing is an imcomplete copies i send them. after 30 months of dienals and a cavclawyer still a no go. any thoughts? best regards chief 313.

[Pete53]

Ask you Doc if he can do that? If so do it and submit it ASAP

[Berta]

Pete is right Chief-

is it possible some of your SMRs are with the SSA- if you get SSA disability?

And did you yourself attempt to get them from NARA?

If you contact NARA your self on ,line for them , you might get a letter back saying that they were sent to the VA and when-

that would sure put the problem where it lies- with the RO to find them-

Do you have enough SMRs yourself that this would help the doctor do as Pete suggested?

Would your military personnel records be helpful instead of your SMRs?

Personnel records might show a change in duty due to an injury or something like that to support your claim.

I had a vet who kept forgetting to send NARA a SF 180 I had prepared for him- these were the days prior to the NARA on line-

finally he did this-

I had put on the SF 180 All melitary perosnnel and medical records to include all infractions and

disciplinary actions.

(I knew he had some brig time)

Finally he did what I suggested and his vet rep submitted this info and after many many years the VA SCed him- he went from NSC to 100% P & T SC.

The brig problem was first manifestatin of his SC mental disorder.

Not saying you have anything like this-but this might help someone else out there-

SMRs can be critical and without them an IMO is not valid-

then again neither is an IMO from the VA doctors valid without them----

If the VA doesnt have your complete SMRs -how can they prepare a proper C & P ?

Do all you can to get any eye witness account or whatever you need to combat the lack of complete SMRS.

(How did you get a partial copy?)

If they need a nexus for the anxiety claim- have you tried to get a buddy statement?

[Objee]

to my fellow veterans and friends, had a dro hearing at waco ro today. i am dissapointed and disgusted and depressed. dro said your private drs opinions did not include a review of smr,s , wii order c and p for back, knees, ankel,gerd and anxiety disorders.was discharged after coming from vietnam and some medical records were lost . don,t know how this will help? plus the va lost my smr in houston ro. what they are useing is an imcomplete copies i send them. after 30 months of dienals and a cavclawyer still a no go. any thoughts? best regards chief 313.

Chief,

Did you ever order a copy of your entire C-file? If not, I suggest you do. When I got my low-ball decision letter, I ordered and got a copy of my c-file. I then got medical opinions and submitted my NOD. All the medical opinions contained atatements that the physician had been given and read my c-file so s/he could write an opinion based on my past and current medical history. I recently found that my c-file now contains notice that I have a copy of it.

This should defeat any idea that the docs writing opinions don't know your SMR and post-discharge medical history, since copies of your SMRs will be in your c-file.

Ralph