How Often Is Ebenefit Updated?

[jfrei]

My account since the 28 of march has stated that its in th pending decision approval and still states that on the 3rd of April. When I call the 800 number they tell me its been in the notification since the 29 of March. Alittle confused but I guess it means my claim is ending. Any same experiences? And how much longer it lasted?

[COOL BREEZE]

Unfortunately there is no time period for the VA to get anything done. That goes for claims, Ebenefit's , retro, doctors appointments, surgery's(whether life threatening or regular), repair hearing aids and anything else I missed.

They can not and will not give you an exact date or time as one hand doesn't know what the other is doing.

This is like my wife telling me to mow the lawn, or get some chores done around the house. It could get done today, next week, next month, or perhaps never. There is no accountability cause everyone knows of my medical conditions, If I feel like doing it, it will get done. And if I misplace the chore list, no big deal.

[AFMedic09]

USMCSGTVet: "I guess when you have a strong claim they put it on the burner."

Does anyone know if this is true? Or is there just no rhyme nor reason to why a claim from an RO takes 6 months and another claim from teh same RO filed the same time takes 2 years?

The thing that raises my blood pressure most is - anticipating the rating, and waiting all of this time - and maybe getting slapped in the face when the rating does come. So all the waiting and stress is for nothing because you still have years of fighting left.

[UsmcSGTVet]

The only thing I can assume is if your claim is large and they anticipate it will take longer to decide then they will stall on it. If they have to finish so many each day or week why do the hard ones? 6 months just in Preperation for decision is kind of ridiculous to me. I can't imagine how there going to break the backlog by 2015.