frade71

Almost 19 months, I am happy to say that my claim is finally done. I do want to thank everyone for your help along the way. This forum really helps a lot. I put my claim in April 2012. I received notification Nov 15, 2013. My effective date is March 1, 2013. Here's my question. Why is my claim date not the same as my effective date? Does that mean my back pay will not go back to my claim date? Does my back pay only goes to my effective date? WHY? I don't understand. If my back pay only goes back to March 2013, is there a way to get my back pay to my claim date? It's just not fair, they just took a year out of my claim. It's like they think I submitted my claim this past year? WTH, that year existed of submitting paperwork, going through va hoops and they act like it didn't exist. Please adivse. Thanks