Luckytee70

I am so glad I found this forum because now I know I’m not the only one this is happening to. In June 2016 I received an increased rating, however the one thing that should have pushed me to 100%, migraines, was denied due to “pre-existing condition”. Now it is well documented throughout my records that headaches and migraines were caused from exposure to chemicals in the Navy. So I wrote the NOD and submitted the paperwork 14 days later. My VSO read over it and the records supporting my claim before submitting and said it was perfect. When the RAMP program became available my VSO advised me to opt in because the evidence was so cut and dry there really wasn’t much else the rater would need to do. I opted in June 2018. Sept 2018 I received a letter stating RAMP was going to close my appeal because a lane had not been selected. My VSO said “oops” selected the correct option and resubmitted. Then in Oct 2018 my status went from pending decision notification to closed. I waited a few weeks with no changes to ebenefits, no letter, no notification. Everyone I call says they have no idea what happened to it, it’s just closed. Honestly I feel like this was just a huge scam perpetuated by someone high up at VBA. I’m sure someone got a massive bonus for showing (on paper) that they cleared a large percentage of appeals.