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 *****.

[Donna Kelley]

Thanks Mike, any and all information is appreciated. According to my "brown envelope" information they will owe me from 1 Jul 2011, until I guess hell freezes over. I have to say that while it is not as long as most, it is still needed. So many unplanned expenses, big cost, that I just need it catch up on my mortgage and breath with worry.

Donna

[COOL BREEZE]

I got my envelope today-white with the entire amount that I am owed in the decision letter. Now I am awaiting for it to hit the bank. According to MRS Peggy, I have a pending bank deposit. Wonder when it get released. I think it takes at least 2 days before it gets sent out. It will be a long night.

[Donna Kelley]

Cool Breeze,

Congratulations, hopefully the deposit will be there SOON.

Donna

[Donna Kelley]

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

I was told today that the Va will not be submitting files until mid April, as they only forward claims to DFAS once a month. No wonder they are so backed up, so now I will just sit back and wait, impatiently!

[Grey_Mike]

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

[COOL BREEZE]

Big surprise! My entire retro hit the bank at 11:30 pm at night. I went to bed early and woke up to fool around on the computer until when accounts normally get deposited after midnight. This journey is finally over-a double award from last year!!!

Good luck for the rest of you waiting for your retro. It took 3 days from the time my claim closed before it hit the bank-and not when it you would normally expect it!!