How long did it take for you to receive your initial service connected award?

[Tbird]

How long did it take for you to receive your initial service connected award?

[vet201060]

Took them 11 months from the day I separated.  I was very surprised!!  And Happy lol. Now I’m 100% and doing great considering.  I’m a positive story from how the VA has treated me!!

[vetquest]

It took nine years from my date of discharge and then ten more years after I lost my job due to SC disability.

[broncovet]

I got denied, then the BVA awarded.  VARO implemented the BVA decision and "awarded" 0 percent.    That was in 2002.  It still has not been straightened out, after 16 years.  

[Vync]

Left service in 1995 and initial SC awarded in 2000. Couple of denials and two visits with the BVA.

[Guest L]

Retired USN 1975-  1997 : no outprocessing as is these days.

       So I was unaware of any rating.... in 2010 - night terrors-anxiety - visited VA for health care, found out about a rating for my Rape/Attempted Murder in a Navy Barracks.  - 18 month later - low rated at 50, increased in 2016 to IU/70  with 3 years of PTSD  one on one therapy - ongoing.... due to inmate getting paroled- after he was Court Martialed for my assault, 3 months later-  he murdered his next victim.....I was the Prosecution's primary  witness at his Murder trial.... This was all in my initial claim- 50% my ....&*^%.

Edited May 1, 2018 by L

[pwrslm]

ETS was 1984

In 2015 I filed claim, award was backdated to 2014.

I had no clue that I would be eligible for SC of anything due to the huge void of info about it during out processing.