HadIt.com Elder Chuck75 Posted March 30, 2015 HadIt.com Elder Share Posted March 30, 2015 (edited) Since my email to Allison, I have been contacted over 14 times by the VA, They expedited my compensation claim.. I now have 6 c&P exams scheduled the last one ending on May 6th They said they have a whole team working on my pay issue.. (it takes a team to do simple math???) My pay was stuck at the 2014 single rate of 577.. I got a direct deposit for 30.14 back pay for the COLA.. But wife is still not added to pay... Thank You Hadit!!!!! Thank You all for the great advice. Rich "They said they have a whole team working on my pay issue" Naturally! It takes a team of bureaucrats to accomplish just about anything! ("We can't have just one person to be held responsible!") Getting individual veterans claims straighted out is worthwhile in itself, and commendable! It's also very important that VA high level management has direct knowledge and evidence concerning mishandled claims and poor resolution. The "lessons learned", and implementation of effective remedies is just as important, and even more so if you consider that the remedies can favorably impact the tens of thousands of claims still in the process. It's amazing what can happen when *&$# hits the fan and congress is in the way! Edited March 30, 2015 by Chuck75 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HadIt.com Elder Pete53 Posted March 31, 2015 HadIt.com Elder Share Posted March 31, 2015 Good news but it is not over till there is money in your bank and even than has to be something that you are satisfied by Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
razinkane Posted December 18, 2015 Author Share Posted December 18, 2015 December 16 2015 I finally got 100% permanent and total thanks to Under Secretary Allison Hickey and Staff. Words cannot express my gratitude. July 2013 started compensation claimJune 2 2014 got married filled out dependency claim.June 2 2014 The VA approved my dependency claim but instead of closing the dependency claim... They closed my open compensation claimJune - March 2015 multiple calls to VA, VFW, Congressmen no actionMarch of 2015 I contacted Under Secretary Allison Hickey In May 2015 they increased me from 40% to 60% and lumped all my disabilities into fibromyalgia and only back paid me to June 2014 instead of July 2013 40% is the max disability rating for fibromyalgiafibromyalgia (includes headaches, depression/sleep disturbance/anxiety, fatigue, irritable bowel, stiffness, weakness, numbness, muscle pain, and joint pain of hips/buttocks, wrists/hands, arms, knees/legs, shoulders, neck, and ankles)40%Service ConnectedEnvironmental Hazard in Gulf War06/02/2014 degenerative joint disease of the lumbar spine (previously DC 5237)40%Service Connected 06/02/2014May of 2015 I contacted Under Secretary Allison Hickey staff and they put a rush on my appealDecember 16 2015 I finally got 100% permanent and total Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Founder Tbird Posted December 18, 2015 Founder Share Posted December 18, 2015 That is wonderful news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notorious Kelly Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 Very happy for you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
razinkane Posted December 19, 2015 Author Share Posted December 19, 2015 Back Pay showed up at 6:30 this morning... It's a Green Christmas!!!!! ArNG11 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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