The VA received your claim. A receipt will appear in your list of Open Claims (see below) within one hour if you filed your claim online using VONAPP Direct Connect. If you sent your claim via U.S. mail, please allow standard delivery time plus one week for us to process and record receipt of your claim.
Your claim was assigned to a Veterans Service Representative to determine if additional evidence is needed. Your claim will move directly to the Preparation for Decision phase if no additional information is required.
The Veterans Service Representative requests evidence from required sources during this phase of the claims process. VA may request evidence from you, a medical professional, a government agency or another authority. It is common for claims to return to this phase, should additional evidence be required.
We received all required evidence. If the Veterans Service Representative determines that additional evidence is required, your claim will be returned to the Gathering of Evidence phase.
The Veterans Service Representative is preparing documents explaining the recommended decision. The claim will be returned to a previous phase if it requires additional information and/or evidence.
A final award approval is granted upon review of the recommended decision. The claim will be returned to a previous phase if it requires additional information and/or evidence.
The Veterans Service Representative submitted your claim to an Authorizer who will review the VA's decision to ensure its accuracy. If your claim is not accurate, it will return to the previous phase.
The VA is sending a decision packet to you via U.S. Mail. The packet includes detailed information explaining your decision or award. Please allow standard mailing time for your packet to arrive before contacting the VA call center.
Next Steps:
Your claim is currently located in our "Rating" phase. We will propose a decision on your claim when all outstanding requirements are satisfied.
Several factors will determine the duration of the "Decision" phase, including:
type of claim filed
number of disabilities you claim
complexity of your disability(ies), and
availability of evidence needed to decide your claim.
Additional Details
Your Designated Power of Attorney
VIETNAM VETERANS OF AMERICA
Regional Office of Jurisdiction:
The Regional Office of Jurisdiction is the station that has primary authority over your claim and permanent jurisdiction of your claim folder.
Seattle
Temporary Office of Jurisdiction:
In an effort to expedite the processing of your claim, we have temporarily sent your folder to a different Regional Office that will have authority over this specific claim only.
Phoenix
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Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office
Regional Office
Henry M. Jackson Federal Building
915 Second Avenue
Seattle, WA 98174
What We Have Received (solicited)
This is a list of all items that have been received from either the Veteran or a 3rd party. Please be advised that it may take up to 21 days to receive, process, and annotate in our system any information that you mail to one of our Regional Offices. Don't see an item listed? Check our "Unsolicited Items" page to see if it was received by VA.
Items
Date Requested
Date Received
A date entry in the 'Date Received' column means that the evidence requested was received, or a negative response from the provider was received. If a negative response was received from the provider, this means that we were unable to gather the information requested. In the near future, we will be able to tell you whether or not the actual information was received versus a negative reply.
We recognize that your claim has exceeded the estimated completion date and remain committed to completing our review as quickly and accurately as possible.
Question
usdart
Claim Received: 03/28/2013
Claim Type: Compensation
Estimated Claim Completion Date: 06/26/2014 to 12/26/2014
Contentions: Right maxilliary sinusitis (Increase), Bilateral Hearing Loss (New), Bilateral Tinnitus (New), Post traumatic stress disorder (New), VBMS (New)
The VA received your claim. A receipt will appear in your list of Open Claims (see below) within one hour if you filed your claim online using VONAPP Direct Connect. If you sent your claim via U.S. mail, please allow standard delivery time plus one week for us to process and record receipt of your claim.
Phase Completion Date:
04/02/2013Your claim was assigned to a Veterans Service Representative to determine if additional evidence is needed. Your claim will move directly to the Preparation for Decision phase if no additional information is required.
Phase Completion Date: 07/01/2013
The Veterans Service Representative requests evidence from required sources during this phase of the claims process. VA may request evidence from you, a medical professional, a government agency or another authority. It is common for claims to return to this phase, should additional evidence be required.
Phase Completion Date: 02/26/2014
We received all required evidence. If the Veterans Service Representative determines that additional evidence is required, your claim will be returned to the Gathering of Evidence phase.
Phase Completion Date: 02/26/2014
The Veterans Service Representative is preparing documents explaining the recommended decision. The claim will be returned to a previous phase if it requires additional information and/or evidence.
Phase Start Date: 02/26/2014
Estimated Phase Completion Date: 04/12/2014 - 07/14/2014
A final award approval is granted upon review of the recommended decision. The claim will be returned to a previous phase if it requires additional information and/or evidence.
The Veterans Service Representative submitted your claim to an Authorizer who will review the VA's decision to ensure its accuracy. If your claim is not accurate, it will return to the previous phase.
The VA is sending a decision packet to you via U.S. Mail. The packet includes detailed information explaining your decision or award. Please allow standard mailing time for your packet to arrive before contacting the VA call center.
Your claim is currently located in our "Rating" phase. We will propose a decision on your claim when all outstanding requirements are satisfied.
Several factors will determine the duration of the "Decision" phase, including:
VIETNAM VETERANS OF AMERICA
The Regional Office of Jurisdiction is the station that has primary authority over your claim and permanent jurisdiction of your claim folder.
Seattle
In an effort to expedite the processing of your claim, we have temporarily sent your folder to a different Regional Office that will have authority over this specific claim only.
Phoenix
Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office
Regional Office
Henry M. Jackson Federal Building
915 Second Avenue
Seattle, WA 98174
This is a list of all items that have been received from either the Veteran or a 3rd party. Please be advised that it may take up to 21 days to receive, process, and annotate in our system any information that you mail to one of our Regional Offices. Don't see an item listed? Check our "Unsolicited Items" page to see if it was received by VA.
A date entry in the 'Date Received' column means that the evidence requested was received, or a negative response from the provider was received. If a negative response was received from the provider, this means that we were unable to gather the information requested. In the near future, we will be able to tell you whether or not the actual information was received versus a negative reply.
This is a list of items that have never been received from you and that have been closed.
We recognize that your claim has exceeded the estimated completion date and remain committed to completing our review as quickly and accurately as possible.
Thank you for your patience.
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