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Cola Of 12/1/2014 Put In New Claim Status

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Hey All,my Cola of December 1st 2014 Never went thru-called the 800 number twice-No idea why-sent emails to Regional office,went to Regional office-They said they did not know why,wanted me to file a New claim for Inquiry,contacted my Senators office yesterday-waiting for response-Has this ever happened to anybody here-?? Thanks SEE POST FROM E BENEFITS-NOTICED THIS YESTERDAY

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Your RO should have been able to correct this.

Send an email to Undersecretary Hickey and let her know what you were told by the RO.

Allison.Hickey@va.gov

Good luck to you.

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Agree with Georgia on this one bud. Good luck

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I'm a little lost here. When you say COLA are you referring to Cost Of Living Allowance? The 1.7% increase we got? If so, don't understand why a claim would have been submitted, it should have been automatic. If you did not receive your cost of living allowance have you tried calling Peggy?

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I'm a little lost here. When you say COLA are you referring to Cost Of Living Allowance? The 1.7% increase we got? If so, don't understand why a claim would have been submitted, it should have been automatic. If you did not receive your cost of living allowance have you tried calling Peggy?

Hey Thanks for the reply's-going to email the Under Secretary,seen a lot of Posts referring to Peggy-?? Phone number-? Yes it was my Cost of Living Allowance which was put in New claims,a New one for me,Geez,Thanks

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Hey all,called the 1-800-827-1000 today for the Third time to inquire about the reason why my COLA of 12/1/2014 has been put on Hold/and or New claim status as indicated in E benefits with No known date of completion of processing-the Councilor said he thinks it is because when I had my Hip replaced in June 2013 and went into SMC/S For 13 months-100 plus having at least another 60% Convalescent rating,which ENDED Last summer and was taken down to 30% Minimum for hip replacement-IS THE REASON WHY,Anybody ever heard of this happening to any other Veteran-? I sent a email last week to Allison Hickey with no response yet -Resent it today with a copy to Director Mcdonald,when I went to Regional office they did not know why is was not processed,wanted me to fill out a claim form,asked today to talk to Supervisor,No call back yet,I have had 15 awards in last 40 years,No problem with my COLA Ever being processed in any of the years I had awards go thru,So it looks like Friday will be 3rd month still being denied,sent a inquiry to my Senators office,imagine that will take several weeks for a response,THANKS For any input,

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