Help My I Keep Getting Wrong Info On My Appeals I Submitted

[striska]

I received a letter stating that I have not filed a substantive appeal in a timely fashion. Which is completely untrue. I had 60 days from July 1st (since my SOC) to send my form 9,(VA actually never sent my SOC until AUG. 12, I only found out of the status change due to my e-benefits status)I still sent a form 9 even though the VA never even sent my SOC to me. I send my first attempt to address given in my Statement of case to VA Regional Office of Appeals located in Winston Salem,NC 27120-1309. Sent Certified mail dated July 7/28/2014. Which I paid for fast delivery. I called with follow up and I have recored all follows ups with VA reps. I was told to wait that it would take 3-6 weeks to update. I called again 9/23/2014 was told to wait and also wait for an appeals agent to call me in 7-10 days. Agent called me and said that my form was forwarded to a "scanning office" it should be updated soon and to give it another 3-6 weeks. Called VA 12/3/2014 was told Appeals would call me back in 7-10 days. No call back. Called and was told to wait another 7-10 days for appeals to call me. I got a call back 1/6/15 I was told to resend the form to WINSTON SALEM I sent it Certified mail with fast delivery again. 1/20/2015 A VA rep advised me that my VA regional office has changed for the first time that my VA office changed from Winston Sale to Los Angeles and my case has been improperly handled, then gave me the Evidence intake center address in Janesville WI. Where I re-sent My form 9, 1/20/2015. I've done nothing but try to get this form to the VA since July 28th,2014, 28 days in to my 60 day time span which I only found out from calling the VA since my SOC was not properly sent. I Disagree With the decision to not take any further action to send my case to BVA. Due to all the statements above, the Form 9 was sent out in a timely matter with directions given from all VA reps and my SOC.

[jbasser]

http://www.robertpwalsh.com/

Call him asap.

J

[FormerMember]

Yep. There's nothing more satisfying than whipping out those green cards and saying "Au contraire, ma cher. Regardez ceci!" Funny thing is they don't apologize. They just say "You have now proved you filed your substantive appeal in a timely matter. We'll get back to you in about three years."

[Gastone]

Sounds like you could use a couple FREE VA Certified Appeals Attorney's consults. You don't have to sign with them, just do the interview. You should be able to pick up some crumbs of Legal knowledge as to how they would proceed. Then it comes down to what your comfortable doing. If your looking at large Retro, how bad would the 20% (Legal Fee) hurt your feelings. Could an attorney get you awarded that much quicker? How good do feel about handling your appeal Pro Se? I don't think you can expect to get the same level of assistance from a VSO. Free help is good, but you really do get what you pay for.

Semper Fi

Gastone

[Fat]

Interesting set of events............

[lotzaspotz]

Gotta love certified mail. Ebenefits is useless in situations like this. You may want to consider contacting the BVA Ombudsman via email or snail mail (certified), cc the BVA Chair, as well as your local Congressional reps.