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Oh Dear, Retro Pay Sent To Closed Account
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Imtellinellen
Warning: Medium sized wall of text incoming.
Well, along with the great relief of winning my award for 100% last month came a bit of bad news.
On the 27th of feburary, my Retro-pay was sent to a non-existant account due to a single mistyped number in the VA computer system.
The payment was returned to the VA the very next day.
I immediately called peggy at the 800 number and changed my direct deposit information to the correct number.
A week went by (8th of feb) and I called Peggy again to get an update and I was told that because the payment that was returned was so large my benefits had been suspended until the Treasury could verify my information and issue a new check to the the correct account.
I was told that all payments (including my normal monthly amount) were suspended as well and I would not be recieving any payments until everything was fixed.
No one at the VA could tell me with any accuracy how long the wait would be before I would see my deposit and I'm very worried.
I'm not going to bore you with the fine details. Lets just say that none of my bills are getting paid this month and I've been eating delicious ramen for 18 days.
Does anyone have any information as to how long this could take and what I could do to speed up the process?
Don't get me wrong, I'm VERY happy to have won my claim. It's just crazy stressful knowing that if my payment doesn't come in next month I could be on the streets.
I've been down this road before and it's nothing I want to experiance again.
Any advice or information would be appreciated.
-ellen
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