HLR difference of opinion

[XIbodybag]

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?

[Rattler]

9 hours ago, Mr cue said:

Well the VA is suppose to explain why that are not accepting medical evidence.

They just can not listed all the medical opinion.

This how you get benefits of the doubt.

Good and bad evidence.

But many rater feel that don't have to follow this law.

They will just talk about the negative medical opinion that may have gotten.

An not address your favorable evidence

This is also how you also get equipoise 

 

 

I had the same problem last year QUE. The only way to fix it is get a good IMO. That's how I got HLR to change it.

[Rattler]

TATJCT 

It has been taking 30 to 60 days to get the decision in the mail. If you are running a new version of Office365 you can call 800-Betty and have them email you the decision.

I kind of had them do something similar to me on a claim I just opened up on the 1-8-23 and they closed it on 1-11-23. I think intake sometimes has lost there minds but the above is what I did. When I got the letter email to me and saw that they were incorrect in what they did. I called the White House hot line and lit a fire under them and refiled.