No Retro!

[COOL BREEZE]

I just received an IRIS letter stating this-

Dear Mr. Cool Breeze-

Thank you for your inquiry of December 08, 2011.

A review of your records shows that you received a Notification Letter on November 28, 2011. A retroactive payment on December 1, 2011 for $528.00 and a regular payment of $941.00 was received on the same day. The two payments received on December 1, 2011 totaled $1,469.00 and your payment on December 30, 2011 was for $1,479.00. No other retro payments are to be received.

If you have further questions, you may call our toll free number of 800-827-1000 and speak to one of our representatives. You may also write to the Phoenix VA Regional Office, 3333 North Central Ave. Phoenix, AZ 85012, or send us an electronic inquiry through the Internet at https://iris.va.gov.

What the heck? I thought I was waiting for the military retirement to finish there audit, so the VA can pay me 2 years of retro. This is definitely going to my Congressman's office that they are cheating me-this is a Cue claim. How do I go about suing the VA for emotional distress. I am having severe chest pains from this-I'll see what Peggy has to say-someone owes me big time!!

I am not putting up with this *****.

[COOL BREEZE]

What days of the week does the VA normally pay the retro out. Seeing how I am supposedly now have an pending deposit by the VA for the claim which was closed yesterday. I am about to explode if this is true!!

[Irish-7]

CONGRATS, DONNA! You have every right to complain. But, I would not start too early, as you may be postal by the time the VA gets around to paying you. It truly is a travesty to make veterans wait for their back pay. On one hand, I feel fortunate to have been granted IU and get 100 percent. On the other hand, I am out ten grand in expenditures that I would not have spent if they paid right away. I am waiting for retro since September 2011.

[Donna Kelley]

CONGRATS, DONNA! You have every right to complain. But, I would not start too early, as you may be postal by the time the VA gets around to paying you. It truly is a travesty to make veterans wait for their back pay. On one hand, I feel fortunate to have been granted IU and get 100 percent. On the other hand, I am out ten grand in expenditures that I would not have spent if they paid right away. I am waiting for retro since September 2011.

Irish 7, Thank you for the note. I know it is too early, but for the life of me, the frustration is at times overwhelming. We all wait for the "human review" of our claims, and when that hurdle is over, thinking that there is a light at the end of the tunnel, it turns out to be just another train! I can't imagine having to wait as long as you have, and as you said, it is a travesty. I have had alot of unexpected expenses that has drained all of my funds, and I thought that now I would finally be able to catch up and breath a bit easier, just not the case now.

Again, thank you for the note, Donna

[Donna Kelley]

Just found out that nothing has been submitted to DFAS yet, so the clock does not start ticking until they receive the request to do the audit.

[Grey_Mike]

Cool:

Wasnt it the friday after the ninth?

Hopefully theyll mess up and get it this friday

[Grey_Mike]

Donna:

Watch mypay first, your ras should change to show your new crdp rate 0%?

Then you should get a payment fairly quickly from dfas, assuming they owe you.

Then you have, what looks to be, about a three month wait.

You might get some kind of partial va payment. I still dont know why i received a 2800 payment, except that they were also catching up the cost of living increase in feb.

-mike