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That sounds like what I am going to have to do. I am pretty much expecting it to say 80% like eBenefits shows but that doesn't explain the amount of retroactive pay. I have a few appointments next week. I will try to stop by their accounting/finance office and see if they can shed any light on it. Thanks for your input and have a great day.

When granted TDIU, where can that be found on the eBenefits website? I applied for TDIU a couple of months ago and just received a sizable retroactive pay and can't figure it out. I was 70% (50, 30, 10, 10) and my rating was raised to 80% (Now 70, 30, 10, 10) with the new C&P, but the retro pay is a lot more than two months (or four months - see below) of difference between 70 and 80%. Oddly, I can make the retro pay numbers work two different ways if I crunch the numbers. The retro pay adds up to the $250 difference if I calculate all the way back to my original decision letter. I don't think that is it though because I didn't file an appeal and it was well over a year ago. I can also make the retro pay numbers work if I calculate back to the beginning of this TDIU claim but... When they scheduled my C&P for the TDIU, I told them that I wouldn't be able to make it because I was scheduled for double bypass surgery a few days before that. They said "don't worry about it. we will reschedule it later." Needless to say, a couple of months later, I got a letter denying TDIU because I had no new evidence and I failed to make my appointment. I called them after receiving the letter and they reopened the case. If I calculate the $250 difference from the original date for two month, until the reopening date, and two months of retro pay for the difference between 70 and 100%, the numbers work also. The website says a determination letter was mailed but I don't expect to see it until next week. I check all over eBenefits site and even the letter generator. The letter generator says 80% (up from 70%) effective March 01, 2018. The total of the four pay dates since then with a difference of $249.77 per month would be just under $1,000 retro pay. The amount of the retro pay was just over $4,000. If I count the difference between 70% and 100% since the reopening date (two months ago) and the $250 differences, it comes close to $4,000. I'm not sure if they prorate partial month payments but the reopen date was the 6th of the month. That is as close as I can come to the actually amount of retro pay but nowhere on eBenefits does it say anything but 80%. I am just a little lost... Sorry for the long post and thanks for taking the time to read it