"Exam request - processing -- No longer needed"

[Rivet62]

Does anyone know what this means?

I took a screenshot of VA.gov > Check your claims and appeals> Status details> Documents filed.

Request 5 (request for document) now shows this:

 

Request 5

Exam Request - Processing

No longer needed

 

 

Here's a screenshot. Does anyone know what this means?  What does it mean when they say "Exam request  Processing -- no longer needed"?  

 

[pacmanx1]

In my case it only meant that a C & P exam was requested and after the exam was actually ordered, it is saying that they do not have to order another exam, the exam was already ordered, and you should be contacted to go to a C & P exam. 

[Rivet62]

2 minutes ago, pacmanx1 said:

In my case it only meant that a C & P exam was requested and after the exam was actually ordered, it is saying that they do not have to order another exam, the exam was already ordered, and you should be contacted to go to a C & P exam. 

Oh yuck.  For TDIU?   I wonder what kind of C&P exam that would be? I wonder what I can expect?

[Rivet62]

4 minutes ago, pacmanx1 said:

In my case it only meant that a C & P exam was requested and after the exam was actually ordered, it is saying that they do not have to order another exam, the exam was already ordered, and you should be contacted to go to a C & P exam. 

Hey pacman I have an idea. We should create a VA claims board game, styled after Monopoly maybe.  I can already imagine the Chance and Community Chest cards. 

[pacmanx1]

10 minutes ago, Rivet62 said:

Oh yuck.  For TDIU?   I wonder what kind of C&P exam that would be? I wonder what I can expect.

That depends on the disabilities you listed on your VA 21-8940 TDIU Form. The exam should be for the conditions/disabilities you listed stating that make you unemployable but then again, I have seen where the VA denied a veterans claim because he left off a disability rating by itself that should have warranted him TDIU, but he was denied.  I also seen where the VA examined all the veteran's current ratings.

[Rivet62]

13 minutes ago, pacmanx1 said:

That depends on the disabilities you listed on your VA 21-8940 TDIU Form. The exam should be for the conditions/disabilities you listed stating that make you unemployable but then again, I have seen where the VA denied a veterans claim because he left off a disability rating by itself that should have warranted him TDIU, but he was denied.  I also seen where the VA examined all the veteran's current ratings.

I was careful about the issues for TDIU, I think. Here's a screenshot (not that you need it, but you might see something in it (compared to my current ratings in my signature below).

 

 

[Rivet62]

I could have done an internet search. I did, using this keyword phrase "VA exam request processing no longer needed" and from that I found dozens of hits, some old ones on Hadit too.  It's been answered a hundred times over.

I think what best describes this status is that it is an internal marker in the claims process.

I'll quote the comment I found on the PEB forum:

"I don't know if you can see this in eBenefits, but "Request for Examination" is used as an internal tracking device at the RO where I work. We use this when it is necessary for an RVSR to review a claim to see if any exams need to be ordered."

So, it seems this internal tracker is a consequence of VA trying to reduce excessive costs of unnecessary C&P exams (2018).  It's like a page in the claim that logs the pre-exam review that is required prior to ordering a C&P exam. 

 

See this link for context:

https://www.va.gov/oig/pubs/VAOIG-17-04966-201.pdf

 

If the status says "Exam request processing, no longer needed" it is just an indication of who has the claim in the claims process. 

To quote another comment on another forum:

"When we look at ebenefits we see those nice status boxes going from left to right and expect it to be like a production line...Its not like that.  The status is determined by who has it and how they have checked it in... The status has more to do with WHO HAS IT and not HOW CLOSE AM I TO BEING DONE."  

 

And with these quotes it helps to understand the tasks of a VSR and a RVSR.

A screenshot of VA's "Careers at VBA":

 

As always, the proof of having to go to a C&P exam is in a physical letter or phone call you receive stating the need for a C&P exam. You can't rely on VA.gov or eBenefits to be up to speed on this. This appears to be the consensus, and after exploring all of the above I have to agree.

So, am I being scheduled for a C&P exam?  I don't know yet.

 

 

Edited February 9, 2022 by Rivet62
brain not working (see edit history)

[Rivet62]

23 hours ago, Rivet62 said:

Request 5

Exam Request - Processing

No longer needed

 

Now the VA shows Request 5 as closed.

Feb. 9, 2022    We closed the notice for Request 5

 

 

Edited February 9, 2022 by Rivet62
brain not working (see edit history)

[Mr cue]

I think that a good thing maybe they feel with the info from SS they don't need the exams.

Which would be the right thing to do.

Good luck

[pacmanx1]

3 hours ago, Rivet62 said:

Now the VA shows Request 5 as closed.

Feb. 9, 2022    We closed the notice for Request 5

 

Don't get upset or offended if you get a letter or a call requesting that you report to a C & P exam. Just be prepared and go. Even though they may have enough evidence in your records doesn't mean they won't ask for an updated medical opinion of your current severity of your disabilities claimed. As stated, I saw the same thing and then I got a call and a letter to report to a C & P exam when it showed that the notice was closed, it only meant that the C & P exam was being scheduled.

[Rivet62]

On 2/9/2022 at 8:34 PM, pacmanx1 said:

Don't get upset or offended if you get a letter or a call requesting that you report to a C & P exam. Just be prepared and go. Even though they may have enough evidence in your records doesn't mean they won't ask for an updated medical opinion of your current severity of your disabilities claimed. As stated, I saw the same thing and then I got a call and a letter to report to a C & P exam when it showed that the notice was closed, it only meant that the C & P exam was being scheduled.

Yep.  And here it is, for back issues. It looks to me as though they are re-evaluating my back ratings, as if the new examination could wipe out my service-connect.  I mean I understand it could go both ways and maybe an increase. I requested TDIU on top of my existing 80% service-connected disabilities (mainly my back issues, and my MDD).

Look at this guy's medical background and what he does for the VA. Yeah he's fully positioned to eliminate my service-connection for my back.

 

[Rivet62]

On 2/9/2022 at 7:48 PM, Mr cue said:

I think that a good thing maybe they feel with the info from SS they don't need the exams.

Which would be the right thing to do.

Good luck

Nope. They scheduled me, for back issues.

[pacmanx1]

1 hour ago, Rivet62 said:

Yeah, he's fully positioned to eliminate my service-connection for my back.

As far as I can see, it appears to be a scheduled C & P exam, but it does not state specifically that this examiner will try to sever your current rating. As stated, many times before, if it is at all possible. Try to have your own IMO that your service connected back, and depression causes you to be unemployable or that your service connected back, and depression would interfere with you working or employment.

[DDS77]

I agree...  don't get upset, just go.  I had similar entries on my pages after I filed for TDIU...  and...  the exams they set me up for did and didn't make sense.  I had knee exams (rated at the time @ 10%), these didn't make sense to me since they were so small a %, and Depression (rated at the time for 50%)... this made sense because it was one of the higher % SC's.

When my approval for TDIU came, my knees were each increased to 40% (flexion) and my depression was at 70%.  All raised...  Which brought an interesting situation...  TDIU was specifically approved in the letter, and, using VA math I was also now at 96% rounded up to 100% scheduler...  I was intending to go back for an increase for my knees after the TDIU decision since they had been getting worse and worse, but by scheduling me for the C&P, the RO helped me out...  

This experience seems to be unique, but it does happen...  

[pacmanx1]

17 minutes ago, DDS77 said:

This experience seems to be unique, but it does happen...  

This happens a lot, when a veteran files a claim for increase or TDIU, the VA will try to increase his/her other ratings to meet the TDIU criteria so they can grant TDIU.