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 *****.

[Grey_Mike]

Awesome, i was pretty sure you were close.

Glad it finally worked out!

[COOL BREEZE]

Thank you. Now I can take a chill pill till the next round-

[Donna Kelley]

Donna:

Im not sure. I got my letter on 11 feb and on 14 mar (35 days), i got my dfas retro. But my ras was already updated with my new va/crdp amount. So with dfas youre likely to get an ras update first. And, as i said in my post, the never issued me that ras. On 21 march they created another ras which is now my monthly ras.

Youre BDD, if i remember. BDD is supposed to be expedited so i wouldnt be surprised if there are different time lines.

Hang in there. I think your key dates will be 30/35, 45, 60 and 90.

-mike

Mike,

Thank you for the note. I am not BDD, this time, it was an increase due spinal fusion of the L3-S1, S/C disc degeneration. While it is frustrating, as we have all become aware, there is not a lot that we can do about it. Donna

[Donna Kelley]

Thank you. Now I can take a chill pill till the next round-

Cool,

Congratulations, that has got to be some relief, a bit late, and frustrating, but a relief, none the less.

Donna

[Grey_Mike]

So, i dont know if it's because im BDD or because my case goes back to 2007, or what but, after i resigned myself to waiting for the retro until july, it suddenly, and without warning, showed up in jy account. Awesome. Over four years of stress finally winding down.

Dont know what that says about a time line, but from notification of award to va retro was about 54 days.

Hope it is working for everyone else.

Donna, maybe that is a good sign.

-mike

[Irish-7]

I received a letter today that listed my retro-pay amount. I called the bank and confirmed the deposit. My financial affair with the VA is closed. For my military friends who may go through a similar scenario, here are the time frames: Filed-JUL 10, Retired-SEP 10, C&P (VA) Exam-OCT 10, Award-SEP 11, Unemployability approved-JAN 12, back pay-APR 12.