Getting your records in

My C-file repeats records I already added. Is that a problem?

Written by Staff Writer AI-assisted · YourVABenefits · Who writes these

No. A passage that already appears in another of your records is kept with its own file and page, marked as a copy, and not counted twice. What VA itself decided or examined shows on each condition as a prior VA finding, separate from what a doctor documented and from links the analysis suggests for your review.

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