How Long For C-file?

[ddj6969]

Here is a copy of a email I recieved for IRIS. I had asked the status of my claim and got this---

This is in response to your update of your inquiry. We regret that there is no new inforamtion regarding your appeals. Your file has been pulled from the Appeals Team to the Freedom of Information Act / Privacy Act Officer in response to a Freedom of Information Act / Privacy Act request. Once the information requested is copied, the file will be returned to the Appeals Team.

Could this be my C-File request? I made the request for my C-File in Nov. 08. Could it take that long? I responded asking who made the request but have not recieved an answer yet.

Thanks

[Vync]

It sounds promising. Because a FOIA request is being fulfilled, it probably means that it is being copied or is in a long stack of other records waiting to be copied.

I submitted my C-file request a couple of weeks ago. My RO (Montgomery, AL) said there were about 700 people in front of me and estimated about three months to get it. I heard it is a lot worse for other RO's.

[ddj6969]

If it is my request I guess that is good as I will have everything the VA has but when I go back to the appeals team do I go back to the same place or am I at the bottom of the pile again?

I asked for a DRO appeal almost 2 years ago.

Thanks

[john999]

Yes, they pulled your C-File to make a copy, so that is helping to hold up your DRO. Did the VA send you a letter to confirm you are getting a DRO Review/Hearing? Be sure that is what they are doing. I asked for a DRO when they first started doing them and the VA had mistakely certified my claim to the BVA. I got there in time to stop them from sending my file to D.C. Two years is a very long time to be waiting on a DRO.

[ddj6969]

I don't remember if I got a letter about a DRO but here is a copy of a message from IRIS---

This is in response to your update of your inquiry. We regret that there is no new inforamtion regarding your appeals. Your file is in line to be reviewed by the Decision Review Officer (DRO). The DRO reviews appeals in the order in which the Notice of Disagreement was received.

I was a little off on the dates, it just feels like forever, another IRIS message---

We have researched your appeal for pain in groin with urinary frequency and determined your Notice of Disagreement was received on September 2. 2008. The appeal for athletes foot and tinnitus Notice of Disagreement was received on October 26, 2007. We have also received your election to have your appeals reviewed by a Decision Review Officer (DRO).

Thanks for all the help!

[Vync]

Somehow, I envision several large shopping carts full of file folders parked in the corner in the records room...

[Ken1]

My "C" File took 76 days total and rec'd earlier this month