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Has anyone ever heard of having a DRO hearing in a C&P Room at a VAMC?

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83beenuff

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I just got my hearing letter saying I am finally getting my DRO hearing, but that it will be at my local VA Medical Center. I looked up the room number they gave me and it is the room that is used for C&P exams.  I'm glad I won't have to travel 2+ hours to get to the Regional Office, but I'm wondering if they are actually trying to schedule another C&P and just sent the wrong letter.  Has anyone ever heard of having a DRO hearing in a C&P Room at a VAMC?

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vetquest, with Criterion A the C&P doc said my PTSD stressor events were not life threatening, but I do have 3 other docs (2 PhDs and 1 VA psychiatrist) saying I definitely meet the Criterion A for life threatening stressors.  So, while I do have anxiety and depression, my docs have said those fit under the PTSD diagnosis, and have not given me a separate diagnosis of anxiety or depression.

Did the DRO only want to know what needed to be fixed, or did they want you to explain things from the beginning?  Thank you for your input on them allowing your wife in.

 

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If you have 2PHD's and a VA psychiatrist that should be great.  Only the VA can diagnosis PTSD, not civilian doctors but you appear to have that locked up even though the C&P did not recognize your stressors.  As far as your DRO hearing we do not know what they might ask.  I went to mine with a prepared statement, at least know what you want to say beforehand.  They might or might not want the whole thing but they will probably want to know your stressors.  At my hearing they asked me why I wanted an increase and where I thought that the VA had erred.  Bring your VA doctor's statement with you and the other two and offer them to the DRO.  Your most important evidence in this case is the VA doctors.  In mine they sent me for a new C&P. 

What you are trying to do is establish reasonable doubt.  In the basis of a positive and negative they are supposed to award in favor of the veteran.  

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I went to the C&P office at the local VAMC to inquire and make sure they had me scheduled for a DRO Hearing at the VAMC.  They confirmed they had me scheduled for the DRO hearing at their specific C&P department. They told me my DRO hearing would be held via video conference in a specially prepared room in the C&P department of the VAMC.

 

I asked how I could submit the new evidence to the DRO since the DRO would not be in person.  They told me when I arrive for the formal hearing they will submit my new evidence via fax to Janesville, WI and the DRO would get it. 

 

Do you folks believe the DRO will be able to view it immediately upon it getting faxed to Janesville, WI so the DRO could view the new evidence during the hearing?  I asked if they could fax the new evidence ahead of time; they instructed me they could not fax the new evidence until the day of my DRO hearing.

 

The new evidence is going to be over 300 pages because of the care log for my care since I have been waiting 3 years for my DRO hearing from my NOD filed date.

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