Don't understand whar's happening with my FDC

[Lunchbox111]

In 2016 I received SC for lumbar strain (10%) and TBI (10%) and tension headaches secondary to the TBI (0%). In November 2019 I completed the intent to file and on March 26, 2020 I submitted an FDC for an inrease on headache and back and radiculopathy left and right legs secondary to the back. On April 2, VA Received and completed the initial review and on April 3rd I signed the form 5103 notice. A week and a half to two weeks ago I received a letter from the VA typed on April 3rd stating they were going to set me up for an exam. As of today va.gov says it's still in evidence gathering

Request 1

Exam Request - Processing

No longer needed

 

Does anyone know what this means? I'm just confused on whether or not I will be sent for an exam or if it means they no longer need it. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you

[brokensoldier244th]

I wondered. I wanted to clarify for other readers.

[Buck52]

brokensolider244TH

What exactly do you do at the VA? Do you work at the R.O. or From home during this covid-19?

Are you what I call a C&P Chief? or Assistant? One who sets up the C&P Exams?

sorry just curious.?

[brokensoldier244th]

Ro’s are working from home except scanning staff for mail.

 

 There are no C&p specific people. 

[Buck52]

if your not a C&P CHEIF...What do you do?

You do work for the VA right? then what is your job title?

Some one has to set up the C&P other wise how would the C&P PEOPLE KNOW? AND THE VETERAN HIMSELF?

Are you saying who ever desk a veterans claim lands on that is the person responsible for the claim?  like request his records  ect,,,  ect,,request more information from the Veteran? 

I had always figured that a Senior Rater/Or Rating Repersenitive gets the claims in his office and hands them to the rookie raters  and the senior rater has to approve or disprove the claim and tell the rookie rater to re read this veteran claim and his evidence? if he disapproves?     

We use to have a retired Senior Rater here at hadit  but he has not been on in a few years?  THEY HAVE ONE ON THE HADIT PODCAST RADIO SHOW FROM TIME TO TIME.

But I was just wondering what you did at the VA IF YOU WORK FOR THEM?...EVEN FROM HOME.

[brokensoldier244th]

Limited to certain departments, But yes, that’s exactly how it is. Not everyone at va is a rater, you know. Raters rate. That’s their job. They get the claim to rate after others have already worked on building and verifying it. I’m not a rater. There is a national queue that claims are in. The claim gets worked until nothing else can be done on it (working for exams, forms from vets, etc) then it goes back into the queue until new scanned mail file that claim comes in ( exams schedule, results, correspondence from the vet, whatever). That flags the claim to get sent out of the queue to be assigned to the next available person qualified to work on it.

[Lunchbox111]

12 hours ago, deedub75 said:

Are you paying Vet Rating Group to represent you?  Did you have in person exams for the DBQs that you submitted with your claim?  The reason I ask is because the VA is cracking down on DBQs that were not completed via an in person exam.  If the examiner didn't say that he or she examined you in person and the examiner is in a different state as you it raises a red flag.  

 

I’ll pay them 5% of the back pay of any increase I get. However, they’re names not listed anywhere on the FDC I submitted. My exams were completed in a Saturday in person by a Doctor of Osteopathy who works at the OKCVA Medical Center as his full time job during the week