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Carl the Engineer
All,
So, since I have had the VFW as my POA, for the VA, since my original claim, I figured, I would ask them for a little help. My thoughts were that most everything is local (regional) and that a service rep from my state of WI would have acquired supreme knowledge of Wisconsin claims. So, I emailed the person who I have been with since, again, my original claim 2 questions.
First, my email,
Xxxxx,
We do not maintain a list of doctors. You can ask your VA primary care physician for a referral if more convenient. If this does not work, you can take a VA disability questionnaire to a private doctor and submit as evidence for any claim/appeal.
We currently maintain your VA file. The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) allows you to obtain your file by sending a written/signed request to the VA. The VA will send your files on a CD.
Kind regards, Xxxxxxxxxxx
The response tells me that the VSO's (this one anyway) are not helping Veterans in any effective way. If I was in a position to help disabled Veterans for an entire state, I would look at the successful claims and see what Doctors helped Veterans and who are willing fill out DBQ's, and give them out. Here is my breakdown,
"We do not maintain a list of doctors."- Well, that's just plain stupid and irresponsible. Any, slip and fall lawyer has a list of "go-to" doctors. I would actually have a database which would tell me that doctor A is 75% effective, B is 20% effective, and C is worthless, etc.
"You can ask your VA primary care physician for a referral if more convenient."- Really, so my VA PCP will refer me to a doc that will fill out a DBQ. I don't think so, but I am going to give it a try next time I see her. LOL.
"If this does not work, you can take a VA disability questionnaire to a private doctor and submit as evidence for any claim/appeal."- Good luck with that. Hence, you have access to at least a third of all VA claims in WI and you can't do your homework and supply me with a list. If private business worked this way we would all be in trouble. When I ran a parts store many moons ago, if a supplier would not get what I wanted, I found another, etc..
Then, on my second question, apparently, they have no more than I have in my c-file disc. And there is no correspondence from or to the VFW in my c-file, so my question I have asked before. My thoughts here are, in my many claims, not once did the VSO call me and say, hey, you could do better if you went this way instead, or, I see you filled for A, and then later filed for B, I think you also could file for C. Crickets......
I may write a letter to the VFW headquarters or OIC. I don't believe this response was adequate in any way.
What do the actually do,
Hamslice
I truly believe the government would go broke if the paid out everything they owed all the Veterans what they are due. I think the VSO's are just a cog in a big plan.
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I will only add that familiarity breeds complacency. VSOs are supposed to be veterans advocates but from my experience they advocate more for the VA or to discourage the veteran from filing claims an
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