Check Arrived - We Believe It's Wrong - What To Do?

[vaf]

Today's evidently not our day. The BVA remanded two items to the Appeals Management Center, and several posts ago I asked for help reading the table that supposedly was supposed to tell us what was due him, but I still didn't understand it. Anyway, my husband got the check today for $2,469 which we believe is grossly below what was due. I used the VA Inquiry System when we first found out a payment was due asking for an account statement, because we expected something like this to happen. Five day response policy via e-mail has turned into two weeks with no response and no information forthcoming.

How does one go about contesting this, or forcing the VA to render an account statement, other than asking for it? Legislative assistance?

[Guest Berta]

Vicki- I think you should write them a letter and ask them for a breakdown.

Things like this have happened to me and others here-but it took the VARO only about 3 weeks to respond -it went right into their Finance division and I got a breakdown and then a check they owed me.

I would address it to the VARO but put Attention: Finance on the actual letter.

I hate it when this happens- and they dont explain it- maybe something else will come by mail to explain ????

[Pete53]

You can ask for a breakdown of how the payment was calculated.

[Bound4heaven]

Today's evidently not our day. The BVA remanded two items to the Appeals Management Center, and several posts ago I asked for help reading the table that supposedly was supposed to tell us what was due him, but I still didn't understand it. Anyway, my husband got the check today for $2,469 which we believe is grossly below what was due. I used the VA Inquiry System when we first found out a payment was due asking for an account statement, because we expected something like this to happen. Five day response policy via e-mail has turned into two weeks with no response and no information forthcoming.

How does one go about contesting this, or forcing the VA to render an account statement, other than asking for it? Legislative assistance?

Greetings,

This happened to me. I contated the RO the same day. I would contat them and follow Berta's advice. I don't know how far you live from your RO, but showing up personally never huts if it is with reasonable distance and if you are unsuccessful getting the VARO attention's with other corospondence. I hope it all works out for you. Don't give up!!!. God bless you.

[vaf]

Thank you all, it's such a comfort knowing I can come here and realize my husband and I are not alone, it really is! I sent the letter off to the VARO on my way home from work. I'm in northwest Louisiana, almost into Texas - the "Protestant" part of the state :-). The New Orleans VARO is now in Gretna, which is WAY down south. I'm afraid to go south of Baton Rouge, the whole area is still infected with toxic waste and such. What the papers don't discuss, because it's bad for the economy... That and 4,000 felons about to be set free for lack of public defenders.

I've already written my Congressman and area state representative to lobby to move the VARO to Shreveport. We've got an Air Force Base, a VAMC, and a large retired military community. It belongs here, not down there. And it would sure make things easier for those of them who have disability claims...