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Did you request your claims folder on CD/DVD in 2019 or later?

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Vync

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Describe your experience after requesting your claims folder on disc  

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  1. 1. How long did it take to receive it?

    • Less than six months
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    • Six to 12 months
      1
    • More than 12 months
      1
    • VA had to create and send a new disc
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  2. 2. Was it sent certified mail?

    • Yes
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    • Yes and the VA provided the tracking number
      0
    • Yes, but the VA refused to provide the tracking number
      1
    • No
      2

  3. 3. Was it sent return receipt (green card)?

    • Yes, but my signature was not required
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    • Yes, but I had to sign for it
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    • Yes, I was supposed to sign for it, but it was just delivered
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    • No
      3

  4. 4. What was inside the envelope?

    • CD/DVD only (no letter)
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    • CD/DVD with a letter
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  5. 5. Was the Adobe Acrobat PDF file protected or secured in any way?

    • No, I could double-click the PDF file and it opened right up
      3
    • Yes, I double-clicked the PDF file and had to enter a password.
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    • Yes, I had to run an application that decrypted the file
      0
    • Yes, the CD/DVD was protected with some form of whole disc encryption
      0

  6. 6. Were the file contents redacted?

    • Yes
      2
    • No
      1

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I recently received mine, but it did not go as well as expected. I am curious about anyone else's experiences.

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I recently received mine, but it did not go as well as expected. I am curious about anyone else's experiences.

Carl the Engineer
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"Does the lack of any password or security cause you any concern you considering what is in the file? What if it had fell into the wrong hands during shipment?" Vync, Honestly, it would have

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Im glad you received it. I hate seeing the same claims come through my queue over and over in the last year due to federal records delays but unfortunately short of driving down there from my sta

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i got mine late last year(novemberish) 

they are redacting c-files now. but now like you would think. they are blanked out...i have lots of blank pages and when i highlight the pdf you can clearly see its been covered over with whiteout/redaction instead of the standard black. its very frustrating.

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Cfiles, if redacted, are done so before we receive them. We download them electronically from DPRIS or get them from the National Archives as PDFs. We don't do anything to them. 

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23 hours ago, Dee James said:

I have requested mine but have not received it so I sent a second request.  I'm sure they're going to be pissed but such it is.  I'm still waiting for it though

Mine took an excessively long amount of time to come in. The VA blamed the delays on COVID.

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@Hamslice

Does the lack of any password or security cause you any concern you considering what is in the file? What if it had fell into the wrong hands during shipment?

 

@broncovet

My initial request about 10 years ago was a paper copy delivered in a huge box.

 

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My copy was redacted, too. 
  I also noticed numerous blank pages including some blurry pages which were from when a back of a pages was scanned and the front bled through. 
  Mine is 10,000+ pages, so I have not made it to the point where I can examine any highlighting I made. I noticed a staggering amount of duplicate pages throughout. It doesn't look like my doing either. The content is poorly organized.

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2 minutes ago, Vync said:

Mine is 10,000+ pages, so I have not made it to the point where I can examine any highlighting I made. I noticed a staggering amount of duplicate pages throughout. It doesn't look like my doing either. The content is poorly organized

this too!! tons of duplicates: trying to find denial letters i found mutiples and multiple exams. lots of duplicate medical records too. mine is only 5000 pages. also pages are out of order...skipping from page 1 to 7 back to 2 etc.....its very frustrating

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