Retro Pay Issue

[hacarlton]

I won a claim at the BVA after 11 years. They sent it to the RO to determine eff. date and retro. pay amt. Now the RO tells me that since the Retro exceeds 250k, it has to go through another step. Can anyone advise on how long this takes? Thanks in advance for your help.

[john999]

Good point Broncovet. The VA does not even keep track of the number of denials of claims. I think they only do all these checks when the vet gets a load of money.

You know it is an adversarial system. Vets ought to be battering down the doors of the VA to get justice. Can you imagine the quality of claims coming out of the VA now that we have almost 1 million back logged claims? The last claim I filed got a decision that appeared to have been done by a 10 year old foreign student doing an English essay. Cheating vets on effective dates is just one of the many outrages we suffer. Watchdog is doing a series on taking the VA apart brick by brick. If this is how the VA treats "heros" how do they treat average soldiers who just did their best?

[Pete53]

If it were me I would call the VA and ask what other steps? I would also ask my VSO to explain to me.

I think that the large awards need more signatures cause of VA misconduct in past.

Congrats

[hacarlton]

My Atty said that the VA won't change it's laws overnight and that this may indeed slow my money down. The RO MAY send it back to Washington as the new law states they are the ones to set the retro amt. and date. I am also not supposed to know that my case is in this special review.

When I called the 800# this morning I was told that there was an "error" in the rating, and that the rating officer has been working since Aug. 28 to correct it. I am getting more worried each minute.

[LarryJ]

My Atty said that the VA won't change it's laws overnight and that this may indeed slow my money down. The RO MAY send it back to Washington as the new law states they are the ones to set the retro amt. and date. I am also not supposed to know that my case is in this special review.

When I called the 800# this morning I was told that there was an "error" in the rating, and that the rating officer has been looking since Aug. 28 to try and find the KY jelly. You should be getting more worried each minute.

kidding, really, i am............

[john999]

I think the words Veterans Administration and Misconduct are one and the same. They have a record of at least 60 years of misconduct involving cheating vets out of money.

[hacarlton]

I think the words Veterans Administration and Misconduct are one and the same. They have a record of at least 60 years of misconduct involving cheating vets out of money.

From what I understand the decision was made in Aug. and went through the first review all the way up to the signature stage. It has gone back to the rating team twice for "corrections" which are supposedly connected to my IU claim. So, the rater has decided it two times so far and I am waiting on the 3rd.

I won the appeal in June, so it is so frustrating that 3 months later, I don't even know what my new percentage will be.