Claim Complete, No Update

[bangbangboom]

So, my claim went from preparing for notification on Friday and Complete today, Wed. I called and they stated my packet will be put in the mail tomorrow, the 26th. When I click on disabilities it shows my secondary claim as not service connected with no change to my percentage. Is this a sure sign I was denied or could the system just not have updated fully yet?

[TexasMarine]

Not a "sure sign", imo.  Ebennies is not updated "properly" in "real-time".  In other words, you cannot count on it being correct at any given time.

[HorizontalMike]

On 3/23/2016 at 6:18 PM, bangbangboom said:

So, my claim went from preparing for notification on Friday and Complete today, Wed. I called and they stated my packet will be put in the mail tomorrow, the 26th. When I click on disabilities it shows my secondary claim as not service connected with no change to my percentage. Is this a sure sign I was denied or could the system just not have updated fully yet?

Just like yours... my claims appeal has been "Complete" since Dec 2015, YET I have not received any "Rating Letter" at all.  And this is FOUR months later.  My MDD and my OSA appeals are still marked as NOT service connected.  Please note that I have NOT received any/even a "Statement of Case" (SOC) regarding any denials regarding my claims appeal.

IMO, the VARO has their head up their sphincter in not sending a Rating Letter.  Or better yet, this is a conscious effort on the VARO's part to postpone/deny my retro-benefits/check as long as possible, thus trying to wear out my lawyer's patience in their trying to get my lawyers' 20% of roughly $75,000 of correct retro-monies. 

BTW, I got my 100% TDIU in December 2015, but it only used an effective date back to August 2015 just FOUR months earlier, some 3-years SHORT of my original claim date that would include my MDD and OSA.  And get this, MDD is Secondary Service connected by the VA's own rules, yet the VARO is holding out even after that last C&P also opined "...it is as likely as not..." service connected.

So in the mean time, I am now getting compensated at the 100% rate WITHOUT getting either MY nor MY LAWYERs' retro.  Frustrating to say the least.

Interesting read regarding secondary service connections with my TBI:

http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/new-rules-veterans-disability-related-brain-injury.html

Edited March 25, 2016 by HorizontalMike

[ArNG11]

Seems to be a trendy quarter for that.  The VA has been stalling on providing records request more so than normal.  Time frame on getting information even after multiple request have been ignored. Shouldn't take more than 20 duty for requested information.  I asked for a record on a specific date, specific exam and still NADA, ZIP, ZILCH.

I agree with you totally on the direct attempt to stall on information that is vital to your claims.