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Thank you Berta, Carlie and WM36 for your responses. They are appreciated. I will try to update if I hear anything soon.

"Did the remand call for any additional C & P exams? If you obtain the results of those exams you will have a better idea of what to expect on the decision. Do you feel comfortable giving us the BVA citation number and docket number for the remand? We could read it on line if it has been posted at the BVA site by now and maybe help you more I feel,if a vet can, in any way, satisfy remand orders, they get a good leg up regardless of what the VARO does with the remand." Hello, thanks for responding to my post. I can't find any BVA citation or docket number on any of the paperwork I had, or I would share it. I had a C&P exam last year in July. The examiner told me that there was evidence in my military medical records issues I was claiming disability on, in this case it is my knees. This remand occured immediately after I was granted 20% for my feet. I currently am rated 20% for bilateral flat feet and plantar fasciitis. It was the AMC who actually gave me the 20% rating after 8 years of the appeals going back and forth from BVA to the local VARO. I'm not sure if any of this information is helpful to you, but I thank you for your time.

Forgive my mental block. I inquired through IRIS about the status of a case that was remanded by the BVA to AMC, and received the following response: The Appeals Management Center has completed all development actions required by the Board of Veterans Appeals (BVA) in its remand, your appeal is pending review by a Rating Specialist. As soon as a decision is made, you will be promptly notified. Do any of you fine veterans have an opinion? It is much appreciated!

An update on my situation, I received a 10% service connection for Bilateral Flat Feet, and the rest of the claims went to the AMC. In April, 2010, I was evaluated again at the local C&P. I also submitted additional documents from a private doctor. I would call every couple of months, and got the response that the claim was still at AMC. Friday I called, and they said that they received all the documentation they needed, it was sent Thursday before the ratings board, and if there was any decision made that was unfavorable, it would go back to BVA. She said with AMC, they cannot really give a time frame. Does anyone have recent experience with the AMC who can tell me of their experience? I was lucky enough to have been represented by National Veteran's Legal Services Program. Thanks again!

Thanks for your help. It seems like it would be a helpful system, and convenient, save for having to drive to a RO to sign up.

I have called the 800 number 3 times since then, and each time they tell me that the appeals center still has the claim. Most of the time the lines are too busy. I have now signed up for e-benefits, the basic account, but it says in order to get a premium account that will actually do anything, I need to go to my regional office to sign up. I can't drive down to St. Pete for this. Has anybody else found another way to access this, without having to drive 2 hours? Everything else seemed to move at a faster pace, now I've heard nothing since April. Thanks folks, and happy holidays!

Hello All, I put in a claim in 2002 for Bilateral Flat Feet, Bilateral Knee condition and bilateral foot condition. (I had broken bones in both feet while in the Army). Since 2008, I have been represented by the National Veteran's Legal Services Program, who worked with my appeal. In December, I received a letter stating that my claim for bilateral flat feet was granted service connection, and to wait on instructions from my regional VA office regarding the other claims. At the end of January, I received a letter saying the Appeals Management Center would be reviewing those other claims, and that I had 90 days to submit further evidence that I might have on the other conditions to them. I previously submitted everything to them. I called the VA, and they said that the Appeals Management Center rated the claims, and that my regional office would have to do some paperwork and such in order to get the payment set up. She was unable to tell me what the actual ratings were, but I am thinking somewhere around 40-50%. My question is, for those who have been through this, once a rating is determined, what is the procedure you went through? How long did it take to find out the rating, etc? Thanks very much for all your help, as I am a novice here. :)