Iris Goofed Letter Not Sent

[gp747]

if you will remember i told everybody claim decided and letter sent . after watching for the mail for about two weeks i got uneasy and sent another iris and now they are saying claim is not at appeals management any more ,but at varo.

said it appears more development needed to decide claims. even vso said on her screen claim approved.

talk about a let down and all the anxiety watching for a letter in the mail has about drove me nuts.

why cant these people get something so simple right?

[Testvet]

skunk it sounds like you use the same VARO I do Columbia VARO on Assembly street I just finally got my BVA hearing on Feb 4 2009 I filed my claim in October 2002

[gp747]

it could turn out alright . i might not should have come down on iris quite so hard

right after the bad news i sent another one and couple hours later they sent me the whole line up on my claims. you know every body is entitled to a mistake,most of the time iris is right on target.

i thought about what you said there could have been something good and sent back

for more work.

i thought it was mighty fast to start with.all i can do is hope they will come across if they don't i am getting that lawyer.

[Josephine]

Skunk,

I would write your regional office and ask them if the AMC sent your claim to complete the final rating for your grant.

This is what happened in my case.

They were very nice to me and explained the complete process.

It took me from late March - June 15th to receive my first large retro check from my R.O.

This left me at 70%.

I faxed them the TDIU form and had a C&P within 3 weeks.

Received the second large retro check within two months this was granted at TDIU August 2008 and from August 2008 to

future 100% P&T for Chronic Anxiety Severe.

Betty

[halos2]

IRIS or call center do not know what to say/write cannot read a computer screen, and I think they basically are a pitiful adversion to eliminate the vet from actually finding out the true status of their claim. I never put any faith in either. I remember when you could call and talk to a veteran's service worker who would check on your claim status and offer you some advise/suggestion along with your claims process...now you are told anything/nothing relevant/not just to pacificy you to get you off the phone. Or to write anything to you that may not even be related to your claim.

I ask my VSO to check on stuff for me.

if you will remember i told everybody claim decided and letter sent . after watching for the mail for about two weeks i got uneasy and sent another iris and now they are saying claim is not at appeals management any more ,but at varo.

said it appears more development needed to decide claims. even vso said on her screen claim approved.

talk about a let down and all the anxiety watching for a letter in the mail has about drove me nuts.

why cant these people get something so simple right?

[hurryupnwait]

Skunk,

I would write your regional office and ask them if the AMC sent your claim to complete the final rating for your grant.

This is what happened in my case.

They were very nice to me and explained the complete process.

It took me from late March - June 15th to receive my first large retro check from my R.O.

This left me at 70%.

I faxed them the TDIU form and had a C&P within 3 weeks.

Received the second large retro check within two months this was granted at TDIU August 2008 and from August 2008 to

future 100% P&T for Chronic Anxiety Severe.

Betty

I agree with Betty

The AMC sent my claim back to the VARO to do the final processing of the granted claim. My claim was granted on Nov 19 by AMC, then sent to the RO and I received the letter about De4cember 10th.

Does your SO have an office in Washington DC ?

My State SO could not help me with my claim while it sat at the AMC because my state does not have a rep in DC. I found out the outcome of my decision thru a American Legion SO at the AMC, not mine. My SO called him and he gave him the decision, then it was forwarded to me.

This American Legion rep was very helpful in moving my stalled claim at the AMC.

Happy Trails

Paul