weird stuff in ebenefits...

[Burt]

ok so i had my comp and pen for ptsd a few months ago and was granted 70% for that.  I already was at 60% from body damage knee hip back etc. so that brought my total to 90%. I got a call from the young lady that helped me with the paperwork (i thinnk you call them vso's at anyrate she is the one from the state i get care in NY) and she said she had forgotten to include a claim for IU and wanted me to come in and fill out another form. i did that and resubmitted it as a new claim. i had just had the c and p for the mental health like 2 months before that. i was called a few weeks ago to come to another comp and pen for ptsd and i attended...  it went well and pretty much from looking at her notes and the notes from the original one they seemed to be pretty much the same thing. so today i noticed a change in my claim status in EB it went from gathering of evidence to under review which i am quite familiar with being i have been here before i know it is moving forward. but what i DONT understand is now in addition to it saying IU(new) under the disabilities claimed it ALSO says PTSD(increase) **I** did not claim for an increase for PTSD what do you guys suppose is happening here?

[PCW]

If you put PTSD as the reason for UI then the VA also looks at the claim as a possible increase for PTSD (100% in this case), and/or a PTSD rating of 70% being paid at 100% due to being unemployable. Or they could deny it of course.

I filed 2/29/16 for UI and my claim looks exactly the same as yours.

Good luck with your claim. 

[Burt]

mine was in gathering of evidence for about 3 months while it was waiting on "VA medical facility" (the comp and pen) the day the comp and pen notes hit myhelathyvet i checked and it had moved to prep for decision... then it moved back to gathering of evidence and now it moved back again to under review and sprouted the new (to me) increase for ptsd lol

[Burt]

so yesterday it bounced back up to prep for decision and now its back at gathering of evidence! its like watching a tennis match on there!

 

[waccamawwild]

Don't trust Ebenefits. It will play ping pong with your claim until it is finished. There is a good chance you might get IU. If you don't get IU you might consider paying for Independent medical opinion or IMO to bolster your claim and appeal the decision. I was denied bipolar disorder service connection many times until it went to a DRO review at the regional office and was finally approved. Focus on how you will appeal the decision if you are denied and study the different avenues of appeal. Most of us get high ratings because of claim work over time winning small battles here and there.