Comp. Claim & C-File

[Cope3]

I've been reviewing a lot of posts on here advising what to do while waiting for a Comp. Claim to be decided. One thing I noticed was that it's recommended to get your C-File. Which is good to hear because I put in for that first. The weird thing is the time tables though. According to eBennies,I put in my Privacy Act Request 10/14/15 and the estimated completion date is 10/24/16 - 6/20/17!! Whereas, the Comp. Claim was entered 12/22/15, was changed from "Under Review" to "Gathering of Evidence" today with estimated completion date of 5/19/15 - 9/23/15!

Definitely, not complaining about my Comp. Claim moving along quicker than expected! What I don't understand though, why is the Privacy Act Request going to take 1 - 1.5 years, compared to, the up to 9 months for the Comp. Claim? How can they decide Compensation quicker than sending me my C-File?! WTF?

If anyone has any information to add some clarity to this concern; it'd greatly be appreciated! Thanks

[Cope3]

You as well!

I'll post all the action on my claim so I have a record of start to finish. This way people can get an idea of the time each process takes. In an effort to help them better understand the process.

[Cope3]

Little more movement today. Received an autogen email stating:

"Your claim was downloaded by the Muskogee VA Regional Office on February 1, 2016 at 3:08 AM ET time. You will be contacted soon by that office.

This is an automated response.  Please do not reply to this email.

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs"

[Cope3]

Update:

I had a couple exams, one on 4/23 and one on 4/29.

Received notice on a pending BAD on 5/21.

Received BBE today, 5/23.

A couple things are still deferred with pending C&P exams. But, I'm so excited and thankful that they made a decision on most of it to get the ball rolling.

I'll post the next update after my C&P exam and conclusion of my entire claim. Guessing around July 1st.

There is hope, just be patient! A huge thank you to everyone for all their help over this process!!

[TALON II FE]

congratulations!

[Cope3]

Thank you!