Appeal Management Center

[tank]

Iam real tired of the wait Ican not understand why it take so long to hear from

this people if the veterans coming home are being treat like this I feel very sorry

for them. IS anyone looking out for Us.Where the big shot that talk the talk. I have been wait

two years to hear from the appeal management center I feel for the one's wait be for me. I ask again how long to

it takes to hear from the appeal managetment center.

[rthomass]

Tank, AMC telephone number 866-258-0341; General Counsel 202-639-4800; VARO 1-800=827-1000. Hang on there VET I know how it is; I have been dancing with the Veterans Administration for 30 months.

A Friend in the same insane asylum

Randall

[Josephine]

Tank,

I have been dealing with The Appeals Management Center. You need to find out exactly where your file is located.

Insist upon speaking to one of the Superviors.

I have kept those telephone people on the telephone so long that when I am finished speaking they are more than willing to turn me over to one.

One of the supervisors name is Ms. Dunlap and one is Ms. Byrd.

They will tell you exactly where your file is and if they are waiting for papers, documents etc.

I found out that my claim was being held up for my personnel records. The remand clearly stated to secure those from the St. Louis Archives.

Did they have enough sense to request them. No!! They only sent to see if there were any other medical records there for me.

I took matters into my own hands. I requested the Personnel Records from the Archives and faxed them to them in May 2006, of course they disappeared.

I requested another copy in July and faxed those to them also. Same thing happened. They disappeared also.

In December, Lidel Gengle came to the telephone and told me that they received a fax from the St. Louis Archives that my " Personnel Records" could not be located and they needed a copy of them.

I said, " What"?

I screamed so loudly that he put Ms Dunlap on the telephone and ask her what in the heck was going on and she told me the same thing.

I said, " Where in the heck are the copies that I have already sent to you. She said, " We don't have them and now they are lost.

I said, " What about me sending you a copy of the two copies that I have already sent to you. Of course she said, " You mean you have copies of your " Personnel Records and I told her sure, " I woud never send you the originals.

My claim was held up from October to the first of January for those records.

We got that problem solved.

Next came the transmittal to the Regional Office to notify them that I had placed a waiver against the Regional office making his decisions on my claim.

Another delay.

Finally April 23, 2007, My claim left for the rating specialist and it is showing up on the computer that one of the raters has it to rate.

So far I have been there one year and 4 months.

Are you absolutely sure that they are not holding up your claim for documents?

Don't know if it helped or not. I sent them a email stating that if they did not work my claim within 30 days that I would be sending them a Writ of Mandamus .

It has been exactly one month since I sent the email.

Talk to one of the supervisors.

Joephine

Edited August 7, 2007 by Josephine

[rthomass]

Josephine, I have a letter from the AMC dated 20 July 2007. The letter states that the claim case file has been sent to the VARO. I have no knowledge where the file is now because everyone (BVA. General Counsel, AMC, VARO) all say in transit. Gues they are walking it down the Bluegrass Parkway from Washington DC to Louisville Kentucky. Course since they are walking to Kentucky they are not required to wear shoes .

[Josephine]

If the " Right" hand only knew what the " Left" hand was doing, some of these claims just may be processed.

Bunch of Incompetent people in my book and they try to make us think that it is us! Our Respresentatives don't know anymore than we do.

If I am lucky I may post a decision this month, or if as usual, they will add some more time to it.

Josephine

[Pete53]

The AMC holds the claim for as long as it wants and than sends it back to the RO hopefully with some instructions.

Good Luck on your claim and I think that Josephine has given you good advice.

[rdawg]

as soon as you realize that they just want you to shut the f up and go the f away the better you will feel about waiting and callng and them telling you "there is no time limit on appeals". They say that like there actually are time limits on non appeals. They really just want to show up and collect a check. It's a secondary welfare system. The feds just read the newspaper and let the contractors do the work.