Jump to content

Ask Your VA Claims Questions | Read Current Posts 
Read VA Disability Claims Articles
Search | View All Forums | Donate | Blogs | New Users | Rules 

Top 10 VA Disability Claims Articles

  • tbirds-va-claims-struggle (1).png

  • 01-2024-stay-online-donate-banner.png

     

  • 0

Retro Pay

Rate this question

Me1984

Asked by Me1984,

 Share

Question

Me1984 Enthusiast

Me1984

Posted
Posted

Wondering if any of you all would know the answer, I received my rating today on Ebennies granted 100% with the effective date of January 2014 will I get retroactive pay from then to now? Or does it depend on what they say in my rating decision?

Link to comment
Share on other sites
  • Answers 12
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters For This Question

Popular Days

Top Posters For This Question

Popular Days

Popular Posts

marine0816
marine0816

When did you first file? Ebenifits shows the Cola date for the new year. If you filed in 2013 the effective date will be that date, so your retro will be more money.

Philip Rogers
Philip Rogers

If the effective date is any date in January, 2014, pay will begin to accrue on 2/1/2014, with the actual payment being received starting 3/1/2014. Your first deposit should be for six months. Payme

Me1984
Me1984

Thanks for all the congrats and great info. My effective date is October 2013 so 10mths of retro whooohoo

12 answers to this question

Recommended Posts

  • 0
Navy04 Grand Master

Navy04

Posted
Posted

Congrats, if this is your original claim then it will go back to when you filed. If you submitted for an Increase for your SC disabilities, then you will only get retro back to when the VA granted the 100%.

100% PTSD

100% Back

60% Bladder Issues

50% Migraines 
30% Crohn's Disease

30% R Shoulder

20% Radiculopathy, Left lower    10% Radiculopathy, Right lower 
10% L Knee  10% R Knee Surgery 2005&2007
10% Asthma
10% Tinnitus
10% Damage of Cranial Nerve II

10% Scars

SMC S

SMC K

OEF/OIF VET     100% VA P&T, Post 911 Caregiver, SSDI

 

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites
  • 0
  • HadIt.com Elder
Philip Rogers Grand Master

Philip Rogers

Posted
  • HadIt.com Elder
Posted (edited)

Thanks for all the congrats and great info. My effective date is October 2013 so 10mths of retro whooohoo

If your effective date is any day in October, 2013, you will receive nine months retro - ie: Nov, Dec, Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun & July. Aug will be paid on Aug 29, 2014, due to the Labor day holiday, falling on Sep 1. If you were receiving SC comp, for any other condition, prior to this award, they will reduce your retro payment, to recover any percentage paid during your claim processing period. In other words, if you were 30% prior to this award, they will reduce your retro payment by the amount paid for 30%, for the 9 months and on Aug 29, you will start receiving the full 100% rate.

pr

Edited by Philip Rogers
Link to comment
Share on other sites
  • 0
  • HadIt.com Elder
john999 Grand Master

john999

Posted
  • HadIt.com Elder
Posted

I thought that when you file any sort of claim your effective date is the date you filed the claim presuming you won the claim? In other words if you file for an increase, and you are denied and your claim is on appeal for five years the effective date for the increase should go back to the date you filed. When I filed for TDIU that is how it was even though I was denied on that claim and appealed and won. My ED was the date I filed the official form. Eventually on appeal I was given an EED based on a hospital admission in which I was given a GAF of 40. That was about 6 months before I filed the TDIU form, so I am confused about effective dates. The VA has made my effective date the date of a C&P exam. I appealed and the new ED was the date I filed the claim.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
  • 0
Me1984 Enthusiast

Me1984

Posted
  • Author
Posted

Thanks everyone,

John999 well I called the 800 number about the effective date and she stated to me that " because I went for a review and I was increased to 100% my effective date is the day that they decided on my increase" makes no sense to me at all. I think it's there way of not having to pay thousand of dollars in retro pay. I'm really confused by it all

Link to comment
Share on other sites
  • 0
Me1984 Enthusiast

Me1984

Posted
  • Author
Posted

Oh yes and that's what she said if I was to not have gotten an increase and I appealed and won it would date back but since I was increased with no problem no retro. I guess I do get it lol

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share
Go to question listing


  • Tell a friend

    Love HadIt.com’s VA Disability Community Vets helping Vets since 1997? Tell a friend!

  • Recent Achievements

    • Rookie
      KMac1181
      KMac1181 went up a rank
      Rookie
    • First Post
      Lebro
      Lebro earned a badge
      First Post
    • Week One Done
      stuart55
      stuart55 earned a badge
      Week One Done
    • One Month Later
      stuart55
      stuart55 earned a badge
      One Month Later
    • Conversation Starter
      Lebro
      Lebro earned a badge
      Conversation Starter

  • Our picks

    • Caluza Triangle defines what is necessary for service connection

      Caluza Triangle defines what is necessary for service connection

      Tbird posted a record in VA Claims and Benefits Information,

      Caluza Triangle – Caluza vs Brown defined what is necessary for service connection. See COVA– CALUZA V. BROWN–TOTAL RECALL

      This has to be MEDICALLY Documented in your records:

      Current Diagnosis.   (No diagnosis, no Service Connection.)

      In-Service Event or Aggravation.
      Nexus (link- cause and effect- connection) or Doctor’s Statement close to: “The Veteran’s (current diagnosis) is at least as likely due to x Event in military service”
      • 0 replies
      Tbird

      Picked By

      Tbird,

    • Post in ICD Codes and SCT CODES?WHAT THEY MEAN?

      Timothy cawthorn posted an answer to a question,

      Do the sct codes help or hurt my disability rating 
      yellowrose

      Picked By

      yellowrose,

    • Post in Chevron Deference overruled by Supreme Court

      broncovet posted a post in a topic,

      VA has gotten away with (mis) interpreting their  ambigious, , vague regulations, then enforcing them willy nilly never in Veterans favor.  

      They justify all this to congress by calling themselves a "pro claimant Veteran friendly organization" who grants the benefit of the doubt to Veterans.  

      This is not true, 

      Proof:  

          About 80-90 percent of Veterans are initially denied by VA, pushing us into a massive backlog of appeals, or worse, sending impoverished Veterans "to the homeless streets" because  when they cant work, they can not keep their home.  I was one of those Veterans who they denied for a bogus reason:  "Its been too long since military service".  This is bogus because its not one of the criteria for service connection, but simply made up by VA.  And, I was a homeless Vet, albeit a short time,  mostly due to the kindness of strangers and friends. 

          Hadit would not be necessary if, indeed, VA gave Veterans the benefit of the doubt, and processed our claims efficiently and paid us promptly.  The VA is broken. 

          A huge percentage (nearly 100 percent) of Veterans who do get 100 percent, do so only after lengthy appeals.  I have answered questions for thousands of Veterans, and can only name ONE person who got their benefits correct on the first Regional Office decision.  All of the rest of us pretty much had lengthy frustrating appeals, mostly having to appeal multiple multiple times like I did. 

          I wish I know how VA gets away with lying to congress about how "VA is a claimant friendly system, where the Veteran is given the benefit of the doubt".   Then how come so many Veterans are homeless, and how come 22 Veterans take their life each day?  Va likes to blame the Veterans, not their system.   
      Lemuel

      Picked By

      Lemuel,

    • Post in Re-embursement for non VA Medical care.

      broncovet posted an answer to a question,

      Welcome to hadit!  

          There are certain rules about community care reimbursement, and I have no idea if you met them or not.  Try reading this:

      https://www.va.gov/resources/getting-emergency-care-at-non-va-facilities/

         However, (and I have no idea of knowing whether or not you would likely succeed) Im unsure of why you seem to be so adamant against getting an increase in disability compensation.  

         When I buy stuff, say at Kroger, or pay bills, I have never had anyone say, "Wait!  Is this money from disability compensation, or did you earn it working at a regular job?"  Not once.  Thus, if you did get an increase, likely you would have no trouble paying this with the increase compensation.  

          However, there are many false rumors out there that suggest if you apply for an increase, the VA will reduce your benefits instead.  

      That rumor is false but I do hear people tell Veterans that a lot.  There are strict rules VA has to reduce you and, NOT ONE of those rules have anything to do with applying for an increase.  

      Yes, the VA can reduce your benefits, but generally only when your condition has "actually improved" under ordinary conditions of life.  

          Unless you contacted the VA within 72 hours of your medical treatment, you may not be eligible for reimbursement, or at least that is how I read the link, I posted above. Here are SOME of the rules the VA must comply with in order to reduce your compensation benefits:

      https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/38/3.344

       
      Lemuel

      Picked By

      Lemuel,

    • Post in What is the DIC timeline?

      broncovet posted an answer to a question,

      Good question.   

          Maybe I can clear it up.  

          The spouse is eligible for DIC if you die of a SC condition OR any condition if you are P and T for 10 years or more.  (my paraphrase).  

      More here:

      Source:

      https://www.va.gov/disability/dependency-indemnity-compensation/

      NOTE:   TO PROVE CAUSE OF DEATH WILL LIKELY REQUIRE AN AUTOPSY.  This means if you die of a SC condtion, your spouse would need to do an autopsy to prove cause of death to be from a SC condtiond.    If you were P and T for 10 full years, then the cause of death may not matter so much. 
      Lemuel

      Picked By

      Lemuel,
    View All
×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

Guidelines and Terms of Use

  I accept