tdiu Able To See Appeal On Ebenefits

[Julie1975]

I know that the new and improved appeals is supposed to launch in September but I was doing my daily eBenefits check and noticed something odd. On my dashboard, under disabilities, I scrolled to the bottom to see my pending disabilities. I noticed that everything I applied for as an increase was listed twice. For example, I applied for "Individual Unemployability" and it was also listed separately as IU. Some items that were added seemed off, as if there was a rush to put it in-system (total speculation on my part). My CTS major hand is actually my right vs left etc.

Anyway, I clicked on the added items and it pulled up as an appeals status with a completion date and status = preparation for decision. I also noticed as some point my file was moved to a temp RO of St. Paul.

Just wanted to share with y'all. My appeal wasn't listed anywhere else but this specific location.

[Vync]

Farming out claims to other RO's is helpful because it helps get much needed action, instead of having claims languish on shelves in the perpetual waiting line.

[MarkInTexas]

Mark,

I'm also with the Houston RO (live in San Antonio). eBenefits states my case has been farmed out to St. Paul though. My NOD was submitted Nov 2014 but eBennies states 26 Jan 2015. To be honest, I was surprised to have my C&P exams so soon.

Julie,

They typically go by when they received your NOD, but that is quite a delay between your send date and their receipt. As long as you made it within your year due date, I would think you are ok though. That's great to hear about your C&P's though! Any time you can get them moving on something, that's a good thing, and also means that they are taking your case seriously.

Good luck!

Mark

[MarkInTexas]

eBenefits update: Still shows "Pending Decision Approval" on everything I have on appeal, with end dates moved to March 24, 2015 instead of January 11, 2015. Still no access to the Appeals portion of eBenefits until September according to the site. At least going in to the disabilities page through the Dashboard does give some information, although the accuracy must be way off still.

Mark