Second C&p Exam Ordered After Submitting Imo

[tssnave]

After reading hadit for a couple of months I am beginning to see some trends that the VA seems to use to get our claims off track. For those of you who are long time readers, this may be old hat. But, for my benefit and the benefit of other newbies (and those who read for weeks like I did before joining), I ask you:

1. Have you ever had the VA order a second (or subsequent) C&P exam after you sent in an Indepedent Medical Opinion (IMO) that supported your position?

2. Did the VA use the additional C&P exam to refute your IMO? Or, more to the point as I understand the VA rating system, did they "weigh" their own evidence more than they did your IMO?

3. Did they rate in your favor or against you?

4. Did you, in response to their additional C&P get another IMO? Something just struck me, of course you didn't because at that point an additional IMO would not be considered new and material, it would be cummulative of the evidence already submitted and not be accepted as evidence. Please tell me I'm wrong here - it seems to me that the VA can order as many additional C&P exams as they want with a panel of multiple doctors no less (2 folks have shared they have had panel interviews with 2-3 shrinks) to shore up the weight of their position while not giving you that same opportunity. Am I correct?

5. Were you upheld at BVA or is your claim still pending.

Thanks in advance for the feedback. I'm curious to see just how frequently they order additional C&P exams after you send in an IMO that supports your claim.

ts

[sixthscents]

Josephine,

Your "story" is EXACTLY what we here need to know. It shows a clear pattern of VA mismanagement, and is an example of what others can expect. Personally I have a small problem with b*tching for b*tchings sake. We all need to vent sometimes, but I'd much rather read something like your story, and how it has developed because I can actually use it to form ideas, and strategies in handleing other cases. I know that probably immaterial to why you posted it, but I wanted to clarify my position on the VA and how it handles or mishandles (in your case) the claims process.

Thank you for sharing you story with us... and I am sorry that this has taken so long... There is obviously a BIG problem here, and one that needs addressed.

Bob Smith

[Josephine]

Bob,

One of the hadit members wrote to me and ask me to post my story, so that the new members could learn from my experience. I am like you, I don't go for the Bxxxx either.

Thanks,

Josephine