9 Years 4 Months And Counting

[timr]

I initally filed my claim for Disability Compensation in July of 1999. My claim is now at the CAVC.

Is this length of time common for veterans claims. I am so frustrated I could scream as I only have Social Security to get by on and 10 % SC. My congressmen has been no help nor has my Service Organasation is there any where I can turn for help to get conclusion to my claim. Thanks Timr.

[Hoppy]

My claim took 7.5 years and it never got out of the RO. It was awarded by a DRO based on the one and only medical report that I got from a VA Medical center department head (Immunology). I never had a C&P.

They made two bogus denials and refused to schedule a C&P even though I had requested such. I was awarded based on the department heads opinion and never had a C&P.

The claim was filed and denied prior to the VCAA. I had an in service diagnosis and a post service diagnosis of the same disease. Yet, they refused to schedule a C&P to address nexus and or original onset of the condition. Since the VCAA they are supposed to schedule C&P's for the same type of claim.

[john999]

I have a CUE claim in that goes back to 1971 if I win. You all will be the first to know. It goes back to my original claim and the day after I was discharged. If I could win and get interest on that money I would be a rich man. Too bad the VA gets away with cheating vets for decades.

[vaf]

14 years here. Claim filed in 1994, remanded by the Board to the VARO in 2001 and again in 2003 (no action), then to the AMC in 2005 and again in early 2008 (again, no action). We then filed a writ of mandamus request which forced the VA to order a series of C & P exams, which by this time (2008) were not contemporaneous to when the appeal was first filed in 1994. Since the C & P exams were scheduled and an SSOC was issued, the Court denied the writ as moot. The AMC denied the appeals (which we expected), they're now at the Board to see if the Board will agree with those denials, and assuming it will, we'll then be on our way to the Court of Veterans Appeals. It's a mess.