namvet66

I want to tell everyone who has been responding that I received a letter from the VA Evidence Intake Center in Wisconsin. The letter was dated August 9th, mailed on August 14th and I received it here in Saigon on August 28th. After reading it I am still not sure what it all means. The letter states, "The issue of whether or not you are entitled to Individual Unemployability is deferred for the following: additional development". I don't know what that means and the letter offers nothing about additional development. Toward the end of the letter it says, "You should receive your first payment within 7-10 days of this notice". I checked with my bank in California and there has not been any deposit. I had the letter scanned and sent to my vet rep. I hope that he will know what's going on and what I have to do to get this finalized.

Thank you to all of you who responded. I appreciate the advice although some of it I don't understand. I am not at all computer literate and have a difficult time getting around in a website. I will pass on this information to my vet rep who I hope will know what to do next. Again, thanks all for your help. Greg

My name is Gregory John Kleven (Not Jr. as on my VA medical ID) and I am a veteran currently rated at 90 disabled. In August of 2016 I asked VVA vet case worker to help me file a claim for 100% disability. He recommended that I file a claim asking for 100% disability based on "100% unemployable". So that is what we did. It's now been almost two years and I have no idea as to the status of my claim. I did all the required medical tests that the VA wanted yet they say I didn't cooperate with their medical investigation. I live in Viet Nam so I know it's hard for the VA to communicate overseas but they are also supposed to notify my vet rep in writing of any changes in my case. So even if I am out of the country my rep should have known. He tells me he doesn't know the status of my claim as he has heard nothing from the VA. My last contact with the VA was a document from them sent in September 2017. It was exactly the same as a document they had sent to me in June of 2017. They just changed some dates on it. The US Consulate here in Ho Chi Minh City have all the documents related to my medicals tests done here and the documents showing that they were sent and received by the VA. I would appreciate any help that you could provide and I can provide you with more information to prove to you who I am. If my case has been denied then I want to file a new claim.