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VetsDaughter
My Dad, Louis, did two tours in Vietnam. He was only 17 when he volunteered.
He has recieved numerous medals and even the Purple Heart.
He suffered from severe PTSD and alcoholism
He was on 100% disability through the VA.
January 3rd of this year, he took his own life.
Since my Dad was recieveing his VA and was supporting my mother and himself on that, the benefits stopped when he passed.
We knew that would happen. So, of course my mom filed for the DIC claim at the end of January.
The VA has recieved every single one of his medical records, showing how severe his PTSD was and his numerous suicide attempts,
These medical records had things in them that my Mom and I never even knew about.
Anyway, My Mom's claim has been open since January. Every week she calls the VA, only to hear something different everytime;
Such as, That they were going to expideite her claim, Her claim is still in review, they are awaiting more medical records (records from a state my dad had never even been seen in!), it needed a second opinion, and lately, we have heard, that her claim was in the second stage of rating and it would be 16-27 days before it would be sent to a supervior for him to sign off it, and that would be an additional 10-40 days. My Mom has tried everything to get the right information regarding her claim. She has even been to our Congress Office and he said that he had a great contact at the Milwaukee Office, (that is where our claim is) and it is on our record that he has put in an inquiry. But...nothing. We are at a dead stop. Nothing is happening with our claim.
My mom can no longer afford the mortage payments on her house and has already recieved her forclosure notice.
My mom's claim has been open for almost a year now, and its funny because the VA states that they have like a 95% success rate of awarding claims in less than 240 days...
I saw a VA commercial about how they honor our vets with benefits and taking care of them no matter what. I think my Dad and his family would have a different story about that....11 months and my Mom is still waiting for her benefits.
My question is, is there anything or anyone we can talk to about our claim other than that darn 877 number?
Someone deeper inside that can get us some right information?
Does anyone know how long the typical DIC claim benefits award process takes?
I feel this is an emergency and need some serious opinions on what to do here!
Any type of information would be greatly appreciated.
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