BigRed

Congrats Mother of3 and thanks for your service!! I was curious about your statement "NOTE: thanks for the trick to find out what's been rated, by starting a new claim in eBenefits. Where were you guys 15 years ago?" Are you saying that if you have things waiting to be rated if you start a new claim and it's granted they will also rate the others? thanks, BigRed

Berta see response email that I sent. BigRed

Berta, Sorry for the delay, haven't been feeling good lately. I may have paraphrased the letter a little too much in my haste. This letter did come out of the blue in November 2010 from the VA stating " We made a decision on your claim for service connected compensation based on a review of additional evidence in file received on Nov. 15, 2005." I have attached the Decision deleting personal info. They then go on to list the reasons for decision and the last paragraph for each symptom ends the same with: No medical evidence was submitted or identified to warrant a change in our prior denial. The claim for service connection for ........ is considered reopened. Hoever, the evidence continues to show this condition was not incurred in or aggravated by military service. The VSO had me send in a NOD (requesting DRO Review) along with medical evidence. The claim is now in Administrative Review. BigRed CLUE.pdf

Congrats Richjh, What is does R2 mean?

@OSC - you scared me with the 10% comment You got me, lol. @ Berta, Carlie and broncovet - This is what the 2012 letter stated: "We made a decision on your claim for service connected compensation based on a review of additional evidence in file received on Nov. 15, 2005. They then go on to list the reasons for decision and the last paragraph for each symptom ends the same with: No medical evidence was submitted or identified to warrant a change in our prior denial. The claim for service connection for ........ is considered reopened. Hoever, the evidence continues to show this condition was not incurred in or aggravated by military service. The VSO had me send in a NOD (requesting DRO Review) along with medical evidence. The claim is now in Administrative Review. Did the VSO advise me correctly? thanks, BigRed

Thanks for the info.

I have an Appeal in since 2010 and my VSO says that the average decision time is 3-4 years. I may not be on this earth in 3-4 years.

Hello everyone and thanks in advance, I filed a claim in May 2005. VA sent me to C&P exams for this claim and made a decision on Nov. 29, 2005. I was denied. I was frustrated and did not appeal within 1 year and the case was closed. Note: I also did notice that they had not listed my C&P results as evidence in the denial letter. Fast forward to 2012. I received a letter from Va stating that they had re-opened my claim because in the Nov. 2005 decision they had not looked at/used my C&P results which they had received on November 15, 2005. Remember they denied me on Nov. 29th. I obtained a VSO who helped me prepare a NOD for DRO review. I have been treated for the same ailments since 2005 and the VSO stated that if the appeal is won then we should try and get retro back to the original claim date of May 2005 due to this CUE by VA. I know that this is early in the game but if the appeal is won, would this be feasable? BigRed