Is There A Point In The Process At Which The Claimant No Longer Receives Updates?

[retiredat44]

Is there a point in the process at which the claimant no longer receives updates?

After one goes through the claims, denials, NOD's, and a DRO hearing.. is there a point at which the claimant no longer receives updates telling the vet what they are doing? Like during the claim process, every few months the VA would send the vet a (generic) letter saying they are working on the claim, or there maybe a delay,, 'blah..blah..blah''). Now, I don't even receive those.. every since I got an SOC (January 2011), the letters stopped...

does one get letters when the claim gets moved up the chain to the next step? to the BVA ? before or after they move it... or any letters saying what they are doing?

Thanx..

Edited July 22, 2011 by retiredat44