Indianapolis Varo

[sgmdae]

I read about a lot of Different Veteran offices.

I have not seen anything said about the Indianapolis Area

Has anybody had experience at that location

Any positive or negative experiences, or advice would be appreciated

[jbasser]

You need to send a PM to Yoggie2.

If I were rating Indy I would give them a -99.

If you want bad, It dont get no worse than this armpit.

Go elsewhere if you can.

J

[rentalguy1]

Indy sux. They have gave Yoggie a very hard time, and he had a rock solid case. A good way to see what you are dealing with concerning a individual RO is to go to the VA's web site and search BVA cases using the RO name as the search term. You will see that Indy has a lot of appeals, which equates to a lot of denials. They also have a lot of remands from the BVA, which equates to a lot of bogus denials.

[sgmdae]

That not a good rating, Thats where my C&P and claim will be processed

Just my luck, I guess I better get smart on NODs, rate increase and so on

If you move, do you keep the same VARO

[rentalguy1]

that's really up to you. You can keep a PO box in the town that you moved from, and keep your records at the old VARO, or you can change everything over to the new VARO after you move. It is usually much easier on the vet to move everything to the new location so you don't end up driving 500 miles for a C&P. I would highly suggest against moving while a claim is open, even in the appeal status. That will mess everything up. Been there, done that, got the reduction paperwork.

BTW, just because Indy sux doesn't mean that you will get denied. You could have a very well put together claim that is a presumptive issue and very well get approved on the first go around. Don't even start to sweat anything until you get the big envelope telling you what their decision is. That doesn't mean that you can't read up on filing a NOD, and what the BVA uses in it's appeals for claims similar to yours. It is very hard to prepare a NOD before you have a decision, though, because you don't know what grounds they denied on.

Good luck!

[Pete53]

There was a Veteran who used to Post here who had a lousy VARO between Texas and Florida. He had been whip sawed back and forth for years and finally rented a post office box from a local UPS firm and added a VOIP telephone number and told VA he has moved to another jurisdiction. It worked he got his rating in about 6 months but had to fly to the other VARO for his C&P's.

We live in America and I guess that what he did may be considered by some as not right but he did make it work.

To win his claim the poor guy had to deal with a completely incompetent VARO, pay for 3 IMO's when he hardly had any money and wait over 7 years . When he won the bad RO had been remanded from AMC so he moved across the Country and got 100% in less than 6 months.

[kw34]

Stay away from Indy if you can.