Shannon S

DeeDub75... Thank You for posting that. We talked about dates on the phone call and there is a possibility that it may be back dated to October, but there is a small possibility that it might be backdated back to the first mistake which was in 2012. That would be awesome. For years, I got 10%, 2 years ago got it to 30, then in October to 70. If they went back to 2012, it would be worth waiting the extra time for. I am losing sleep at this point, waiting for the results...

I just found this site, trying to figure out the wait time between the phone call and the money. The person called me 8/25/2020 at 0751. I am not sure how these normally go, but she told me that she would normally ask me for my story, but to let her talk for a minute. She said she wasn't sure what happened. There is no reason I should have been given 70% and she was giving me the permenant and total 100%. She asked if I had any questions? She had woken me up, so I was floored by her response. I filed for the HLR is March and I thought COVID would have slowed it down a lot more. I didn't know what to ask her, and I wish I had asked about a timeline on when I'd get money. She told me that she would type up her decision that day, (the 25th which was Tuesday), and if I didn't get a letter in the mail in two weeks, to call back. I have been checking the claims tracker several times a day and the ebenifits as well and the claim shows that it is being reviewed still, (no change) and my percentage total is still 80%, (which is the same as what it was before, 70% plus some other things). She is talking about backdating further than the year I asked for, back to the first time the VA missed this evidence which was 9 years ago. If the lump sum slows things down, then I could see this being a while. Do most people not get told the decision of the phone call? This is the only HLR I have ever done. I will come back here and update when either get updated and if you see that I didn't, email me cybernuts73 at g mail in case I lose my way back to the site. Thanks for all of the post. It helped me and I hope I helped you.