Effective Date

[Deenrichy]

Hi my name is Dee, today was awarded a new percentage. As of Aug 2017 my service connected disabilities increased to 50%. I started another claim around Dec 2017 and today the percentage increased to 90%. When I logged into Ebenefits under disabilities it shows the effective date of my (70% new claim from Dec) is 8/10/2017. Now if I try to generate a letter from benefit summary tab,  it shows the effective date of the last change to my current award as Dec 1, 2017. If I receive any retro which date should I be looking at?  I'm very new to this and feel very lost, but is there a possibility I could file disability from SS? 

Thank you! 

[jbasser]

The december date may be the change reflected with the December cost of living increase. 

Welcome to Hadit.

 

 

[broncovet]

Basser said it better than I would.  I would just add dont trust ebenefits, wait for the envelope, then decide if you want to appeal the effective date.