C&P Reports and VBMS Access

[RBrogen]

Hi Everyone,

It's been a hot minute since I've been on but hope all are doing well.  I've been assisting a few vets with the claims process and I have a 75 y/o Vietnam vet how has a lot of scars secondary to heart operation that is currently service connected.  We filed for his scars back in May 2022, after multiple C&Ps, he got a decision on 12/23/2022 that service connected every scar with "0% rating - Final Decision Deferred".  When I was going throught the process, about 3-4 weeks after the C&P my report would be uploaded to myhealthvet.com Blue Button records.  This vet has can't seem to get the VA to upload anything to his account and he keeps getting bounced around and now was forced to file a FOIA for the C&P reports.  What a damn crock of crap forcing vets to damn near sue to get their own C&P reports.  Anyway, I digress, I had read that if we contact an accredited VSO who has access to the VBMS system that they could download and send him the C&P reports (obviously with the appropriate 21-22a completed).  I wanted to gut check the vast experience here to see if anyone else is; having the same issues getting records and/or have ever been able to get records from accredited VSO?

Thanks in advance,

Randy

[Mr cue]

Good luck with that the same ppl that answer 1800 are the same to respond to iris.

Best bet I think veterans have is complaint to white house hotline they will document all these complaints.

An hope someone look it to it or at least they see all the complaints.

I have been looking into this an don't see no change coming.

All complaints now are even answer by the 1800. 

 

 

[RBrogen]

13 minutes ago, Mr cue said:

Good luck with that the same ppl that answer 1800 are the same to respond to iris.

Best bet I think veterans have is complaint to white house hotline they will document all these complaints.

An hope someone look it to it or at least they see all the complaints.

I have been looking into this an don't see no change coming.

All complaints now are even answer by the 1800. 

 

 

I think if we begin contacting our congressional representatives and demand change, our collective voices would be able to bring about the necessary changes we need but it has to be a lot of people.

[Mr cue]

6 minutes ago, RBrogen said:

think if we begin contacting our congressional representatives and demand change, our collective voices would be able to bring about the necessary changes we need but it has to be a lot of people

I agree with that we need to start a petition on hadit about these contractor exams and not been able to get the results.

 

I would be the first to sign 

[RBrogen]

8 minutes ago, Mr cue said:

I agree with that we need to start a petition on hadit about these contractor exams and not been able to get the results.

 

I would be the first to sign 

Yeah the only way to get the VA to cooperate is to change their rule book.  They have beaten down veterans for so long and made them believe they have to just keep doing the same shit fighting the whole way to get what is rightfully theirs.  However, if we can get our representatives to get a bi-partisian bill to require the VA to provide all documents automatically to any veteran going through the claims process.

[ShrekTheTank]

they should be avalible on the button reports  

[RBrogen]

Just now, shrekthetank1 said:

they should be avalible on the button reports  

Correct but the 75 y/o Vietnam vet I've been working with has been stonewalled.  Nothing has been uploaded and now his appeal clock is ticking because he got the initial decision letter with final decision deferred on very simple scar ratings.  He has contacted VA numerous times to no avail.