After filing an HLR I spoke with the senior rater during the informal conference and it updated and opened a supplemental claim stating a "difference of opinion has been asserted for sleep apnea". A records review was ordered and completed December 14th and now I'm still waiting.
To my questions... does a difference of opinion mean the reviewer believes it is service connected? what leads to a difference of opinion getting sent for a records review as opposed to the reviewer just overturning the previous decision? I had already uploaded an IMO and completed dbq from a provider so why didn't the reviewer just use that?
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After filing an HLR I spoke with the senior rater during the informal conference and it updated and opened a supplemental claim stating a "difference of opinion has been asserted for sleep apnea". A records review was ordered and completed December 14th and now I'm still waiting.
To my questions... does a difference of opinion mean the reviewer believes it is service connected? what leads to a difference of opinion getting sent for a records review as opposed to the reviewer just overturning the previous decision? I had already uploaded an IMO and completed dbq from a provider so why didn't the reviewer just use that?
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They need to have some sort of evidence or something in your record or your C&P exam that the PA or the Doc said that they are going with. You will need to find out what it is. You wil
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Likely because you have two different opinions, one favorable, one not, therefore that has to be resolved. A difference of opinion doesn't mean SC, as raters can't make medical based decisions they c
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I am one of the ones that likes HLR's. but you have to know how to work them. What I do is when I submit the HLR application. I include exhibits in my C-file that I want the examiner to look at. I put
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