Is This Good Or Not?

[eagle-eye]

OK, in a nutshell, filed claim for IU in Oct09 at the Houston RO. By the time the C&P exams were scheduled I was living in WA state(long story). So, I was advised that I could move my claim from Houston to Seattle. Ignorant me thought that made sense and believed I was going to be living in WA for a significant amount of time. Fast Forward to current day.. living back in Texas) Claim is still open and I just learned from 800# that my claim just moved back to Houston as of 6July without me asking it to be. BUT my file shows to be checked out by an individual & going thru rating process. It seems to me Houston is moving it along now a lot faster than Seattle.

I didn't initiate moving it when I came back to Texas because I thought it would drag-out the process even longer. I also called DAV rep today at the Houston RO & she confirmed all I was told on the phone to be true.

ANY opinions or thoughts on this would really help me re-focus because right now I'm mentally & emotionally all over the place.

Respectfully,

Darcy

[cooter]

Ok, your claim is back in Houston in the rating stage, what exactly are you concerned about? Is it your worried about the fact you didn't execute the claim to be moved? Sorry if I missed something eagle-eye.

[john999]

Just be very, very sure the VA knows where you have moved to recently. Try and stay put until you get your decision. When you move a lot the VA has a habit of sending important mail to old addresses. The USPS will forward your mail for one year. The more it has to be forwarded the better the chance of things getting screwed up. I mean if you need a C&P exam in two weeks the mail may not get to you for a month if it has to go through forwarding by the USPS. I think I would go to my VARO and make sure they have your correct address. The VA changed my address via a screw up and it caused me no end of trouble.

[eagle-eye]

Good point Cooter, I don't know how to explain my thoughts on this. I just invision my file going to the bottom of the stack EVEN though I'm being told it's being reviewed currently. Not much faith with the process especially after reading how most of you guys have been yanked around.

Ok, your claim is back in Houston in the rating stage, what exactly are you concerned about? Is it your worried about the fact you didn't execute the claim to be moved? Sorry if I missed something eagle-eye.

Edited July 13, 2011 by eagle-eye

[eagle-eye]

Thanks John,

I have checked & double checked that VARO has my current address. Funny, there was a big, white envelope in the mail this afternoon. Looked very official. Unfortunately, that one is from the IRS-yuck!

Just be very, very sure the VA knows where you have moved to recently. Try and stay put until you get your decision. When you move a lot the VA has a habit of sending important mail to old addresses. The USPS will forward your mail for one year. The more it has to be forwarded the better the chance of things getting screwed up. I mean if you need a C&P exam in two weeks the mail may not get to you for a month if it has to go through forwarding by the USPS. I think I would go to my VARO and make sure they have your correct address. The VA changed my address via a screw up and it caused me no end of trouble.

[cooter]

Have you been on ebenefits lately to see if there is any updates on anything? Sometimes they'll send you a message also. I'm not much of a fan with the ebenefits site, but sometimes they come up with something interesting.