Question:
Jim, you have been a valuable resource in my education of the VA claim process. I was awarded 100% TDIU P&T and no future exams on October 29, today I received a call from QTC saying that the VA has requested that I attend an exam for my feet which is only one of the service connected disabilities. Any insight into why they would schedule this exam after awarding me with no future exams required? THANKS for your time and attention.
Jim's Reply:
I can only guess...a similar thing happened to me some 20 years after my rating and nobody ever figured out why the exam was scheduled.
I received a notice for an exam of a rated condition that wasn't particularly important to my overall rating and that had been in place for nearly 20 years. I went to the exam (we NEVER miss an exam) and the doctor was a really nice guy who had no idea why I was there. We did the exam and parted company, I had lunch and went home. Maybe 6 months later I had a poorly written letter saying my rating for my condition wouldn't change since it was the max for that condition.
The letter made zero sense so I knew it was authentic and from VA.
The VA has an army of people who do nothing but check the quality of the work of everyone else. Claims and decisions are under constant review and t's get crossed and i's get dotted during the process of quality review. I assume there was something that wasn't quite completed in my file so they ordered that exam. I think we can assume the same for your situation.
You don't really have any choice but to go so do that and if you have time, let me know how it works out.