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Sc Dic Won Over A Month Ago....no Notice In The Mail

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Unbelievable!

VARO called me April 23rd to say that I won the 18+ year old SC DIC claim.

"The letter will be in the mail to you....fifteen days after the letter is mailed, the check will follow"...

As of today 34 days later, they can't EVEN FIND the file!! I have received nothing in the mail and all my phone calls to the VARO Rep have resulted in "we can't find the file".

I have been told during this month long saga, "file went to raters"; "file went to review"; "file went to post department"; "file is in accounting" and much more. Only I have no letter and they can't even find the file.

I was told today that I can choose to "wait" or I can contact my Senator for help.

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It took them 34 days to shred and lose your evidence? Must have been a big file.

I would be inclined to want to go to the VARO and start looking for the file myself.

But I think that is against the regs.(as is shredding files and ignoring claims...)

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Unbelievable!

VARO called me April 23rd to say that I won the 18+ year old SC DIC claim.

"The letter will be in the mail to you....fifteen days after the letter is mailed, the check will follow"...

As of today 34 days later, they can't EVEN FIND the file!! I have received nothing in the mail and all my phone calls to the VARO Rep have resulted in "we can't find the file".

I have been told during this month long saga, "file went to raters"; "file went to review"; "file went to post department"; "file is in accounting" and much more. Only I have no letter and they can't even find the file.

I was told today that I can choose to "wait" or I can contact my Senator for help.

Judy

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Unbelievable!

VARO called me April 23rd to say that I won the 18+ year old SC DIC claim.

"The letter will be in the mail to you....fifteen days after the letter is mailed, the check will follow"...

As of today 34 days later, they can't EVEN FIND the file!! I have received nothing in the mail and all my phone calls to the VARO Rep have resulted in "we can't find the file".

I have been told during this month long saga, "file went to raters"; "file went to review"; "file went to post department"; "file is in accounting" and much more. Only I have no letter and they can't even find the file.

I was told today that I can choose to "wait" or I can contact my Senator for help.

Judy

Did your service rep or the VARO call you? If the claim is 18+ years then it is for over $25,000 and has has to be signed off by the Director. If over $100,000 it has to be signed off by Central Office in Washington. Notification is not official unles it comes from the Regional Office, not a service rep.

"Don't give up. Don't ever give up." Jimmy V

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A county service officer once told me that the VA fools around with DIC and aid and assistance claims in hopes that the claimant will die before the claim gets approved. This way the claim dies with the spouse. 18 years makes me believe that.

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Judy-I sure agree with Sharon-

the file might be at VACO as it should be a large award.

Someone at the VARO can do a formal Inquiry on where it actually is-but this is not that unusual when big awards are made.

They screwed up my recent award as well and I even wonder if they will try to deem me incompetent!!! (that is a joke)

to stave off paying the money-

Do you want some desk phone numbers? If so what VARO is this?

GRADUATE ! Nov 2nd 2007 American Military University !

When thousands of Americans faced annihilation in the 1800s Chief

Osceola's response to his people, the Seminoles, was

simply "They(the US Army)have guns, but so do we."

Sameo to us -They (VA) have 38 CFR ,38 USC, and M21-1- but so do we.

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Judy:

Write IRIS and request an Inquiry on where your file is. They have to find it.

Veterans deserve real choice for their health care.

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hang in there Judy - Let's hope it as the people that know here at Hadit have responded today. I too am waiting on a DIC case....but only for 5 years. I would send an IRIS inquiry, and do not depend on the people who run the phone lines at VA. Actually I don't trust any of them at VA, but I have to fly on faith that an honest one will adjudicate my claim.

"Do one thing every day that scares you." Eleanor Roosevelt

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