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]

I agree!!

[Grey_Mike]

Irish:

I agree with everything you say, including the idea that the congressional is the resort when it won't matter because your file is under someone's desk anyway.

I wouldn't lump the VA medical center in with the guys who do the compensation stuff. I know here the medical examiners for C&P are in the same hospital, but I think they are a totally separate program. I know I don't lump my hard working nurses and technicians in with the benefits system. Even then, the docs, nurses and techs with the compensation part have nothing to do with the case adjutication which is just bureaucrats in suits and ties in another building.

Your mileage probably varies, but in my case, the health specialists have always been good to me.

I'm still at a loss to understand why appeals have to be part of the normal adjutication process, instead of just getting it right the first time. My conspiracy theories run wild and it's all I can do to keep them in check. My original response LITERALLY said, you don't qualify for this level because you don't have the following criteria ... and then the next page where the examiners notes are, he stated my symptoms which matched almost VERBATIM. When I appealed, they immediately corrected it, but how does that happen? Of course, my other appeal that lasted four years is another story, but I can understand a little bit of grey area.....

Oh well, except for the retro, I can't complain, and even then, I'm not complaining, yet....

-Grey Mike

[Deacon 2011]

7... I like your way of thinking! And, I agree with Mike totally. You can't rope the med staff into the retro bit. Although it took a long time, I must say they did me justice in the end.

Life has taught me lately, not to trust anyone except the wife and the dog! Thank God for SSDI and the IU rating, if not for that, we would be pulling out the weapons that Cool Breeze is looking for!

Try not to think about the retro, it will come, pondering on it only brings stress. Oh well, the wife is not home, so I'm gonna talk to the dog... at least the dog dosen't know what retro is and will not tell me what I already know like when weI call the VA 800#.

[COOL BREEZE]

I promised myself another 1 month before I decide on another tactic!

[Irish-7]

I am too new to the system to know the difference between VA Medical Staff and the people responsible for the Comp & Pen exam. Perhaps, in some cases, there is a difference. The foreigner that did my exam was very hard to understand. He deliberately avoided my questions, then wrote the wrong thing on the exam narrative. There were over 20 errors on the 40 page report. He may not see patients at the hospital. That seems pretty suspicious to me. Why would a separate group of doctors perform the exams that determine your eligibility. The PCM that I have was a nice guy. Time will tell if he has my true concerns at heart. The P.O.S. that did my anxiety/mood disorder/PTSD screening does see patients at the VAMC. I know several other veterans that hate him as much as, or more than me. I did not receive the results of my Social Security appeal yet. I'm not too confident that the judge was very sympathetic to my case. He was another foreigner, so I doubt that service to my country in demanding positions will gain any favor with him. He at least spoke perfect English. I know that Social Security and VA Disability are not related. But, I don't believe that SS would have denied me the first time if the VA had completed my decision. After all, Social Security asked for the VA decision 3 times. Aside from paying off credit debt and making charity contributions, I want to do some work on my house. My wife and I are both "preppers". We believe that a crisis is pending. Consequently, I wanted to put solar panels up for back up power, change my windows and doors and buy some wire to secure my property lines. We will also need to stock the 3 B's, beans-bullets-bandaids. I cannot put any of these plans into place without the money. Sending us all retro-pay after a period of hyperinflation won't be much help at all. I need MY MONEY now. With what the VA owes me, and what Social Security would pay if I am approved, I can secure my family's future. I sometimes wonder if these stall tactics are deliberate, so they never have to pay. How horrible is that, to stall with the hope that some event (death, jail, etc) will end the entitlement. I thank you all for your input. I wish you luck with your cases.

[COOL BREEZE]

Okay-ebenifits says today "Preparation for notification" for my retro. Not sure why that they clasify this as retired pay adjustment. Also states they received my request for expediate due to financial hardship. I am not sure if this will show up under the VA pay, or if it will just pop up and show later under ebenifits.

Preparation for Notification

Is the VA trying to kill me with a coronary this time, or all they for real? Is this how they process the VA retro under e-benifits. There has been nothing been entered until today when all this showed up at once.

Perhaps this week?

Edited April 3, 2012 by COOL BREEZE