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When exactly does the Benefit Summary Letter change?
My claim has been ping ponging between Preparation for Notification and Pending Decision Approval the last few days. I have tried looking at my benefit summary letter in e benefits but have not seen any change. Does anyone know at what point in the process that letter is updated? I also tried the trick I read about on here to start a new claim and get to the screen with your disabilities and that has not updated/changed either. Just wondering if anyone has seen either of those update before their claim was actually labeled as "complete". Thanks!
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Claim Status
For the past two weeks, I haven't been able to view my claim status thru ebenfits. It tells me "open claim not accessible at this time." Has this happened to anyone before? I called the VA, of course no real answer there... I recently got my local congressional office involved due to my claim taking over a year, close too two years now. Was guessing the response I see on EBenefits is either bc they are working on it, or I've pissed the VA off and they've taken the status off of ebenfits. Thanks for your help! Jeramy
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Appeal magically disappeared.
So I have been in the appeal process for around 5 years. All my appointments went as expected, and the docs confirmed i have problems, on each thing I applied for, and they all corresponded to my medical records from the army. Well on wednesday october 25th my appeal magically disappeared from everything except the nod. On disabilities it showed the 2 stacks. One was service connected the other was appeal. Is it good or bad or neutral that it disappeared. I verified that it has not been closed out, but its like pulling teeth to get an answer from them. Thanks for the help.
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ed and more?
I am 60% service connected and have had diabetes type 2 for about 9 years. I've been having erection problems for about 15 years and have tried all the pills, all the shots/injections, and a pump as well yet nothing happened. I just recently went on blood pressure meds. Is it possible for me to file a new claim and get a readjustment to my 60%? I am within 1 month of being 64. I am also on daily aspirin therapy due to several blood clots since 1995. What should I do? Should I file a claim or what?
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Requested Documents, but they didn't say which ones
I'm confused and I hope someone can help me. I'm looking for an answer to which documents the VA wants me to submit. I looked at the status of my CUE and found that there is a request for documents but they don't say which ones. Please see the attached pic of what I'm seeing. The text is "Automated 5103 Notice Response". Thanks, Stephens
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claim status
WHY EBENEFITS DO NOT UPDATE THE STATUS OF CLAIMS. WHEN I CALL R.O IN FLORIDA ,IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT RESPONSE .
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Do claims just vanish from Ebenefits?
I'll try to make this as short as possible with all of the info. Husbands info granted 60% for ptsd back in 2011 filed appeal using an attorney his ptsd has become so bad (medicated and lots of trips to the psych's) he resigned from his job which coincidentally was with the VAMC. His attorney isn't worth a crap so I took over and managed to get him increased to 70% in march ( I faxed hardship letter and supporting doc's in feb and 3 weeks later he received the increase.) His appeal finally went in front of VA law judge and we received a determination that He should have been rated at 70% from 2011 and in the words of the document the veterans appears to have been eligible…
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Retro Back Pay
To rate retro back pay does your claim have to have been in the appeal process. For example.. I just got 70% for PTSD for my current claim I submitted 5/25/17 However, I submitted a claim for PTSD in 11/15/2010 and was denied. I did not appeal that decision so that claim was closed. Do I rate retro back pay and if so, for which date? Thanks
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been sitting in review of evidence month after c n p
claim got closed back in july because they didnt tell me about a c p exam.. got it repopened.. its over 1 year so i think that makes it top list.. 12 of october to 7 november.. cant stop checking it, been a month since c n p.. I'm guessing anyday, im living overseas and i hate ebenefits wont let u read the leatter.. mail takes 14 to 20 days. I guess if i get money in my account i'll know before the paper work comes? any feedback.. i know noone probably knows
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Withdraw a claim on ebenefits?
I have a claim pending with a C&P scheduled for Tuesday morning I made a mistake and filed an additional claim on Friday and then got this message on my new claim (#2) about it being consolidated with the other claim: Important Message About Consolidated Claims Additionally, to add to my screwups, I accidently uploaded the wrong civilian medical form to this new claim. I see I can add the correct form after the fact but I prefer to just delete the claim and let my original one be processed on it's own. I have been all over ebenefits trying to see how to delete a claim but I dont see how to....any tips? Thanks
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New Claim not showing up
Hello my name is christopher, I had my first disability claim completed, and in the process I was instructed by the claim that to file for something else based on the exam, and I was diagnosed with sleep apnea before I left the service. This was september 14 2017, and it's now october 2 2017 and my claim is no where to be found. I went to the local VA in el paso and utilized a USO to help me file the claim. Maybe I forgot something but I thought he told me the claim was filed, and I would receive a letter that I had intended to file. Is their anything else I should be doing because I don't see it on ebenefits, although I do see an intent to file claim which appearantl…
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Can the VA reduce your rating??
http://themilitarywallet.com/can-the-va-reduce-disability-benefits/ My summary: Yes, the VA can reduce your rating if your conditions improved. However, there are protections at 5 year, 10 years, and 20 years which help shield you. If your rating is temporary, the VA can reduce you rather easily, but if you are over 5 years or P and T, then its tough for VA to reduce you. When ever you seek an increase is "NOT" one of the reasons VA can use to reduce you. Seeking an increase is independent of a rating reduction. Whether or not you improved, and whether or not your rating is protected is relevant, but seeking an increase is not relevant to…
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