midnight340 Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 Below is a copy of a post I made in VA Benefits and Research forum. As a result of the actions described, I received an IRIS email today saying that a decision was made TODAY and I was moved to Notification phase. Now I wait for the mail or a deposit. Update on my initial PTSD/+other conditions claim at just short of one year at VARO: I knew this would be slow, especially after finding the hadit site, so have been trying to be patient. Claim went in Feb 2011, finally got C&P first of November. Claim went to rating board November 17. I sent copies of bankruptcy and foreclosure along with my request to expedite due to hardship. After a month or so, I began sending IRIS requests to my VARO (Wichita, KS) for updates. Each response (which seemed to respond directly to my questions) told me clearly that my claim had been "flagged to expedite due to hardship." That would be at least four IRIS responses. After 2 1/2 months my PCT group therapist put me in touch with a very good American Legion service officer. He gave me the number of a American Legion representative at my VARO and she went to check on my file. She called me back, saying that the VA people were very sorry, but my file had never been "properly flagged" for the hardship. So she took it to a supervisor and told me I should know something in "2-3 weeks." That it should be started on by tomorrow at the latest. I will call back on Monday to double check that it really is being worked on. My claim was started for me through the Kansas Commission on Veteran's Affairs, then I took over when I got here. My deep thanks to a couple of very good American Legion folks!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HadIt.com Elder JR Reihs Posted January 28, 2012 HadIt.com Elder Share Posted January 28, 2012 Good luck to you on your claim, I hope that this goes very quickly. Many here , including myself has been there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#1Cavtrooper Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 Congrats! I know that it's been a tough weary battle...Please give us an update when you find out more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midnight340 Posted January 28, 2012 Author Share Posted January 28, 2012 I appreciate the support. I'll certainly update when I know more and will post details. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#1Cavtrooper Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 (edited) By the way, which RO? Edited January 28, 2012 by #1Cavtrooper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midnight340 Posted January 28, 2012 Author Share Posted January 28, 2012 This is at the Wichita KS VARO...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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