Tracking My Varo's Monday Morning Reports

[71M10]

Since filling my claim, I have been tracking the data on Detroit VARO's Monday Morning Reports (Ratings Pending). There seems to be a clustering or clump of new casses the first week of every month. I wonder if this indicates that they are letting new stuff build up and putting it in the system late or if VSO's are batching stuff (working on claims all month and pushing them out the last day or two of a month)?

I would think this surging would effect work process, and was curious if anyone has any insight as to why it occurs?

Inquiring minds want to know???

[Vike17]

71M10,

When claims, or evidence for that matter, are submitted to the VA, everything gets dated stamped the day it arrives. So, even if it does take a week or two to get entered into the system, the claim or evidence still has the VA date stamp on it and that is the effective date or date something was submitted and as far as I know that date is also entered into the system.

Actually, in the end it really doesn't matter when during that month a claim is submitted as long as its date stamped before the first day of the following month. Payment on any retro doesn't start until the following month after the claim is submitted anyways. For example, if you submitted a claim and it was received on 1 June, 2007 or 30 June, 2007, the payments in both cases start July 1, 2007, on any retro if the claim is approved.

Now in regards to evidence in response to a SOC or SSOC, or when filing an NOD, the dates are exact. So be sure file anything in timely manner there.

Vike 17

[71M10]

It just seemed odd, and I wanted to know why.

You would think after military and years of working in Higher Ed, I would know better to ask or try to understand! It just seems curious B)

[Pete53]

I have mixed opinions about this. I think that the VARO's are very slow but like a check book balances out the next month. Even if they hold a bunch till the next month that bunch will show in the next months report. So in the end that kind of skulduggery just is not productive.

Good Luck

[betrayed]

1.) Detroit VARO's

2.) Inquiring minds want to know???

1.) The worlds largest hamster wheel, I know, been there done that and been to meeting with the VARO HMFIC, told her that the gross amount of errors should cost some people their jobs

2.) dont hold your breath, you will definitely die

Edited June 19, 2007 by BETRAYED

[free_spirit_etc]

If you do have to hold your breath - make sure you hold your breath over a condition that is already service connected. That way you get extra money for a fancier funeral.

Free

2.) dont hold your breath, you will definitely die

[tdak]

oh and don't forget while holding your breath you may want to learn to breath through your gills (ya know like the va sharks hehe) so you have an extra few years to wait for before getting (if ya do) the fancier funeral.

If you do have to hold your breath - make sure you hold your breath over a condition that is already service connected. That way you get extra money for a fancier funeral.

Free