K Turner

You point is valid. And your tone concludes that it is not just our Nation Veterans who are being negatively affected. As I stated, I am satisfied with the results of my attorney. She is a professional and appears to be well-versed and I remain blameless of the legal profession. What is clear (and I hear your frustrations....in your response) is the "legacy appeal" process currently at the BVA is "absurd". What we know is that this backlog is a direct result of the backlog of claims (600,000+) that were rushed- through (thrown-over-the-fence) the system in 2013. Many of these claims are now in the appeals process. This too shall pass. Thank you for your support and your reply. V/r

I am at the stage of Appeal to the BVA as follows: notice of disagreement effective November 2015 w/Claim certified on 3/24/2016 and waiting for a non-video hearing as established in coordination with Washington DC via the Winston- Salem, NC Region Office. Currently, as of 7/20/2017, I am being told by customer service at the BVA in DC, "we are working on claims Oct 2013...." Question: what if anything might I do at this point? As it currently stands it could be another three years ( year 2020) before I receive a hearing. And although I am content and satisfied with my attorney, I am dis-heartened that the only person winning here is my attorney drawing 20% of excessive number of years wait time. Also my congressman is sympathetic but has no ability to do anything. I'm just 1 of hundreds of thousands of veterans in the same situation. I just cannot understand how our Great Nation is allowing this to occur. And I do not believe this is in line with the Mission, Vision, Core Values & Goals of The Department of Veterans Affairs. https://www.va.gov/about_va/mission.asp.