Butte Rat

I retired in Feb 07. I've been trying to get answers since my award notice in July 07. After many calls, emails, some answered and some not, by both VA and DFAS, I still haven't been paid. The DFAS technician I spoke to last (yesterday) said that the problem is in the VA's data center in Hines Illinois. I was also told it was the SLC-06 file. They've been trying to get the data files from VA for a while but for some reason the VA is slow rolling the data. Probably because they can't afford to pay everyone at once. I'm sure there is a huge backlog. Hopefully with the new fiscal year, there might be a surge in payments, but I am not counting on it. It appears that DFAS is caught up, but definitely not VA. I'm waiting two more weeks before I call again. I don't know if it would do any good to get a congressional going, with the elections around the corner. It's not the folks who take the calls, they've been very helpful. I keep waiting...