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CoolHandDevil505

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  1. $36,000 tax-free net is fairly close to $55,000 taxed gross at a day job. To pocket $36,000, you'd have to work at a $55,000 job and have a total withholding of about 34%. Add up health insurance, a 401k contribution, and taxes depending on the state and locality...you might just be in the neighborhood. And to keep the post on topic, a development letter could be an advisory "we're still working on your claim" letter or it could be one that matters...the difference is the "IMPORTANT - reply needed" header near the top. Those are usually due process letters that propose an action and give you 60 days to react. -CHD505
  2. If the debt letter was VA's error, the Vet would not pay it back. I only laid out the causes for debt letters more than anything for memory jog reasons - people are human, people make mistakes, and things can get missed. People have gotten debt letters and had no idea why, until they talk to Debt Management and are told that they were doing something wrong for some length of time that they had no idea was wrong. If I misread you, my fault as well. New guy, don't really know the culture here. -CHD505
  3. Look at it this way: Appeal: You and VA are sitting at opposite sides of a table. Both of you have all of the same stuff in front of you, and there is a genuine disagreement as to what all of the stuff in front of you adds up to. The appeal process remedies the disagreement...whether or not you like the remedy is another topic. Reconsideration: From your decision letter date plus one year, you can submit new evidence and have the claim worked as a reconsideration of the original denial. Don't appeal unless the top scenario fits your issue. If there is any form of new evidence available, exhaust the year of reconsideration time that exists first. -CHD505
  4. Overpayment letters can come from several sources. There can be overpaid Education benefits, such as keeping benefits from classes not taken or poor self-reporting habits. Overpaid C&P benefits can come from hospitalization with both Compensation and Pension, and usually bad dependent maintenance comes back to bite people on Compensation, such as forgetting to inform VA of a marriage or divorce. Also, overpayment letters can come from unpaid medical bills. The first paragraph of the letter will tell you where the debt was issued from, right before the amount. -CHD505
  5. 1. The dates are algorithm-driven. 2. The reason the answer always sounds the same is because it's a script. Every call center on the planet has scripts to ensure consistency. This is nothing special on the VA's part. -CHD505
  6. Put simply, a returned payment is a failed payment. If you were getting direct deposit, the payment was rejected by ACH and could not be deposited (bad account number, bad routing number, etc.) Did you get paper checks to offset these direct deposits because your bank would not take the deposits? Your bank can tell you if you don't still have your statements. Did you change your address or banking preference around that time? Also, if you never, ever received that money, there is a way to trace what happened. The call centers can issue check tracers. The call center reps can also prove to you if you did receive that money somehow and just don't remember a different settlement method. -CHD505
  7. Increases are maintenance claims. New ratings take precedence. Prep for Decision just means that all of the evidence is in and it has not been seen by the rater.
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