Ebenefits shows overall increase but no individual disability change...?

[BrentMc]

I have several appeals in process and also reapplied for several previously disapproved disabilities.

Three things just happened on ebenefits:

1.  My Open Claim now reflects :"decision notification sent"

2. As of today, 5 of the appealed disabilities that were previously "not service connected" are shown as "deferred". (I had C&P exams for all of these two months ago).

3.  My overall rating went from 40% to 50% but with no change to the original two disability ratings (apparently now 20% plus 30% actually equals 50%?)

Any wisdom as to why this would  happen?

And the the next question.  

I am a 20-year retiree. As 40% disabled, I was obviously not getting concurrent receipt.  Will this increase to 50% result in any retro pay back to the original award date?

Thank you.

[vern2]

Yes, but make sure and check the actual award date of the newest award. I got retro, from DFAS, but they took 20% out for taxes. Got most of this back when I filed my taxes. I did not have to do anything to get the retro from DFAS. Remember, this is different than retro from VA.

 

Vern2

[Vync]

It has been a few days since your original post. It might be a good idea to check ebenefits to see which individual disabilities and percentages now show. You should get a letter in the mail very soon with details of what changed.

Also, it is common for the VA to award/deny some claims while deferring others. They are just taking care of what they can without making you wait until they are all completed processing.

[broncovet]

Many of us are not excited to answer "what happens when ebenefits says  _______" because ebenefits is notoriously unreliable.  Ebenefits can tell you the moon is made of green cheese, and it has about as much weight  as a 
"scientific study" which confirms the moon is made of green cheese.