tdiu New Letter Says 21-4192 Sent To Employers Are My Responsibility!

[GlitterPopRock]

Got a 5103, check the box sent it in, that was last week, and I saw on ebenny that 21-4192 were sent to my former employers, reading the fast track letter I saw that "IMPORTANT: Do not deny TDIU evaluations solely because an employer failed to return a completed VA Form 21-4192"

but just got another letter that says

"Even thou we have asked for this information, it is your responsibility to see that VA recieves it

(except for any evidence kept by the VA, military or any other federal government agency)."

SO does this mean I should contact my former employees and try to figure out where this letter was sent to and have them send it in,

or give it to me to send in, cause this is retarded IT IS my responsibility!

[JT24usn]

Va duty to assist

http://www.benefits.va.gov/WARMS/docs/admin21/m21_1/mr/part1/ch01/ch01_seca.doc

Any time I file I research and get everything non federal up front. Stitch in time so to speak. I consider paying the ROI fees an investment that will pay off in the end

Edited June 27, 2013 by T8r

[GlitterPopRock]

Update, yup the VA never recieved a single 21-4192 from any of my employers, my claim went orange and says I NEED to follow thru and send in this information... fun times

[Motherof3]

Mine was delayed for same reason although I handcarried mine to my former employer's HR department who advised they do not keep of former employee's attendance, sick days etc past 5 years. They then quickly denied my claim and here I sit with NOD 9 months later. I agree with the politician who stated, if VA can decide thousands of back logged claims in two months, what the hell have they been doing for the past decades? Backlog is growing because they are currently only working on claims up to Nov 30, 2012! So now Dec 2012 claims are now 210 days back logged. NOTE: I have not been able to work since 2008. I'm just saying.

Edited July 23, 2013 by Motherof3

[GlitterPopRock]

Mine was delayed for same reason although I handcarried mine to my former employer's HR department who advised they do not keep of former employee's attendance, sick days etc past 5 years. They then quickly denied my claim and here I sit with NOD 9 months later. I agree with the politician who stated, if VA can decide thousands of back logged claims in two months, what the hell have they been doing for the past decades? Backlog is growing because they are currently only working on claims up to Nov 30, 2012! So now Dec 2012 claims are now 210 days back logged. NOTE: I have not been able to work since 2008. I'm just saying.

I am now hand carrying mine up, as for them getting the backlogs done, I believe anyone who had a two + year complicated claim and hadn't even got a C&P exam were all just slapped with a HUGE DENY stamp, my brothers claim after almost 3 years came back denied in April, right when all this started, and he never was sent for a single C&P exam over all of 3 years

I would not doubt they just stamp 90% deny, one that were close to being completed they actually finished and I bet a handful of those were still denied

But then again, why did it take them only two months to do all those, a little bit of over time and they go thru more claims at a record pace then ever before!

CRAZINESS

[GlitterPopRock]

Day 3, phc hasn't filled out form, little ceasers no manager was available, round table gave me a number for HR and then HR wants me to just drop it off at a round table.... Gosh I'm gonna physically in person deliver these 21-4192 forms and then sounds like these managers are still gonna just sit on them, and no one ever received these from the VA to begin with!

Now I have to waste time, gas and paitence

I had to get a payday loan to get gas, I'm going even broker by the day :( the VA should reimburse me for time and gas and my sanity

[GlitterPopRock]

YAY, movement

but they said they never even got my 5103, and I had the VFW fax it like the very same day I got it back in june