Posted on Oct 22, 2014
VA Plans to limit access to your personal Disability Claim info to avoid violence; should they?
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I think being denied the ability to see my records while I'm actively pursuing a claim is more likely to make me violent than seeing "negative" reports.
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I'll toss my hat into this ring....
Ok if vets are unstable, they're unstable. But limiting access to information for the safety of the VA staff - hogwash.
I think it breaks down to veterans getting what they see as bad new and react in the wrong way. I've used the info after a C&P exam to bolster my arguement to my side of the aisle. The C&P examiner is doing their job. If I see what they are saying and I disagree, then it's up to me to get a different opinion from an outside doctor - assuming the outside doctor agrees with me and disagrees with the VA. It's part of the process.
I understand the VA's safety concern - but there's got to be a better way to protect the C&P employees.
Ok if vets are unstable, they're unstable. But limiting access to information for the safety of the VA staff - hogwash.
I think it breaks down to veterans getting what they see as bad new and react in the wrong way. I've used the info after a C&P exam to bolster my arguement to my side of the aisle. The C&P examiner is doing their job. If I see what they are saying and I disagree, then it's up to me to get a different opinion from an outside doctor - assuming the outside doctor agrees with me and disagrees with the VA. It's part of the process.
I understand the VA's safety concern - but there's got to be a better way to protect the C&P employees.
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So does the move to block C&P results on line prevent the veteran from requesting a copy from the information office at the VAMC?
If you believe their reasoning as to why they proposed this action, then the vet & VSO will have no access from any method until the decision is complete??
This also affects service members undergoing a military disability evaluation under the Integrated Disability Evaluation System (IDES), the C&P exams are critical for a properly adjudicated Medical Evaluation Board (MEB) and the Physical Evaluation Board (PEB). Denying these members access to their C&P files will impair their ability to have a full and fair hearing to dispute MEB and PEB findings as well as the VA ratings of unfitting conditions. Under the IDES, the VA ratings of unfitting conditions determine the level and type of military disability benefits. An incomplete/incorrect C&P exam can cheat a wounded warrior and their families out of lifetime military disability retirement benefits.
If you believe their reasoning as to why they proposed this action, then the vet & VSO will have no access from any method until the decision is complete??
This also affects service members undergoing a military disability evaluation under the Integrated Disability Evaluation System (IDES), the C&P exams are critical for a properly adjudicated Medical Evaluation Board (MEB) and the Physical Evaluation Board (PEB). Denying these members access to their C&P files will impair their ability to have a full and fair hearing to dispute MEB and PEB findings as well as the VA ratings of unfitting conditions. Under the IDES, the VA ratings of unfitting conditions determine the level and type of military disability benefits. An incomplete/incorrect C&P exam can cheat a wounded warrior and their families out of lifetime military disability retirement benefits.
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Ridiculous! Vets have a "need to know" and every RIGHT to know, every step of the way.
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