Fdc Claims How Long Did U Wait Or Been Waiting

[63SIERRA]

trying to get an idea how well this is working plz post how long it took if u filed a FDC .

[mariorivera830]

First off, congrats navy04! Nice to see hard work pay off.

Yeah, I got an envelope with the release of information papers and a blank statement in support of claim form. They asked me to specify if I was seeking service connection for sleep apnea, onycomychosis (spell check), and Gerd. Which was in my original claim.

I thought that was wierd. So I asked around here and got the same answer I though, that if they asked for it and it wasn't new proof, that it should be fine. Nope! So that's that.

Once I get home I will post what they asked for and the paper that says I've been dropped from the FDC process.

[NavyWife]

http://www.vfwilserviceoffice.com/upload/FL%2012-25%20Fully%20Developed%20Claims.doc

There's the link to VA Fast Letter 12 -25.

It tells the raters how to process the FDC'S and when to exclude a claim from FDC process.

In your case you were only responding to their request to clarify what type of service connection you were seeking. I think it's pretty crappy that they would ask you for something and then drop you from the FDC when you respond. So I think you have two options.

One, Send an IRIS inquiry & explain that you only sent in the document because they requested clarification. There might be a tiny chance they would put you back in the FDC Lane. Or your second option is to do nothing. The FDC's are becoming very popular and so now there's not as big of a gap in processing time between FDC claim and a regular non-FDC claim. It might only be three or four months difference.

[mariorivera830]

Thanks, that's what I told wife and she agrees. This way I can still add evidence if things get worse or something happens.

[justrluk]

Congratulations! You can finally relax and appreciate what you deserve. Now your challenge will be finding another part-time job (sans VA claims fights, etc.).

[cham1968]

Congrats NAV04 I travel to Dallas every month hit me up

KC

Edited May 29, 2014 by cham1968

[63SIERRA]

My last claim in waco took 18 months, and 2 of the contentions are now on appeal, (awaiting the SOC). The last new claims I filed are now approaching the one year mark. If you have existing claims open and file a FDC, they lump it all together with the slow train to dustville. I guess they cant do them seperately. Also , they wont do claims as you win them, they hold them all in the same basket, and let all the doves fly out at once. (or balloons if your feeling happy). I know for a fact that the VA owes me around 10 grand for cancer, that was back in october 2011. They could settle that, pay me then deal with the other things, yet they dont .They let things get so discombobulated that they cant make sense of it anymore, then just load it in the potato gun and hope it flys. . And they wonder why theres a backlog. Veterans should be able to go meet with a person at the RO, has things out and call it done. If there is still disagreement, mediation could be brought in, and call it done. This is why the more I see the big picture of how the VA operates the more I believe this backlog is a manufactured crisis., meant to slow down the claims, and slow down the payment of compensation.