"A judge is reviewing your appeal" "Decision soon"

[PostMan1988]

Update: Closed August 15th

Wondering if anyone else has seen this before and if the timeline was about right?

 

Edited August 17, 2019 by PostMan1988

[GBArmy]

Dwayne We are pulling for you. Good look brother.

[Thom]

I went last year for a C&P exam in Tulsa. Dr. Colon chewed me out when I asked him a question and told me set there and shut up. That judging from my records I was a frequent flyer and that I should have separated everything in my files for him before I went. I told him the VA letter said not to take any records with me they would all there for him. He got even more mad and sent me off for x-rays. When I got back I went to patient affairs at Muskogee VA and was told if I wanted an upgrade I should have claimed I was depressed. I filed an appeal a year ago this month in 2019. And in February 2020 it said it was with a judge an decision should be made in next 4 to 8 weeks.  It's now October of 2020 and there is  no end in sight. All I have to say is hurry up and wait just like we did in the chow lines onboard ships.

[GBArmy]

Thom Not sure if you have a question or not. You did right in going to patient affairs to tell them about your exam's treatment. When you do that, I would have a statement in writing to be sure it is entered in your file. Hopefully it was. If it wasn't, you should find out, and if you receive a negative C&P exam/decision, I would go back again in writing on appeal and say that neither were put in your record. As for the chow lines on your ship, was the food worth the wait? Whether or not it was good, you didn't have a choice then and you have none now. It is all about the Covid19 flu, with delays accross the board. There may be a possibility you need to have another C&P exam and that could be the hang up. Just hurry up and wait Thom.

[Theshow]

These long wait time for a appeal decision is crazy.The veteran serve this country with Honor and receive a Honorable discharge now his body and mind is hurting what do this country do .Use u first my generation we was drafted for war after high school or college train how to kill in the Vietnam Era but nobody gave a dam about the Vietnam Era veteran until 9/11 happen then all of a sudden Americans citizens telling Vietnam veterans ":THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE": well it's about 46 years to late to thank us now.Right now u have Vietnam veterans dying at home from AGENT ORANGE with their claims some of them being DENY.Fortunately my brother in law survive the Vietnam War but die from AGENT ORANGE complications yes it did receive a disability check from the VA for several years before his death thank God for that, but their many Vietnam veterans dying with their claims being Deny.Veterans appeal cases taking to long for a decision maybe we the veterans need to find some smart lawyers and file a CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AGAINST THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION for the long delay in making a decision on APPEAL CASES with so veterans dying before a decision and if they the veterans die before a decision is made the family of the decease veteran should still be award the funds from the case .In this VETERANS Administration system we live in would be different if it was mostly RICH or WELL CONNECTED veterans filing these disabilities cases the decisions will be decided a lot QUICKER, but that will NEVER happen we all know the MIDDLE and LOWER CLASS FAMILIES make up the Military.We do the killing and the dying for this country for example that CAPITAL GUARD die while defending the capital and now a Republican congressman would not shake the Guardsman hand who was hurt trying to protect the Capital and the congressman.Recently a survey poll was taken the Republicans would vote for PUTIN instill of BIDEN for President,WOW what a country I stood next to men who was DRAFTED did not want to be there but this country drafted them for war and they was order to go to Vietnam to kill or be kill some made it back some did NOT, and now we got a party(THE REPUBLICAN PARTY)in the UNITED STATES not wanting to give those guards a award for defending the Capital, but yet still they have the power to declare war on our enemies and if necessary draft your sons  if need be for war. THIS COUNTRY GOT PROBLEMS,,PROBLEMS THEY DO NOT WISH TO SOLVE but continue to live under the THE BIG LIE drama .The historians will tell the truth and our children and grandchildren will read about the truth what happen to the Republican Party and Mr. Trump.We the veterans and capital guards kept our oath.Ask the Republicans congressmen did they kept the oath 

 

 

 

 

 

[Berta]

Veterans can certainly file Class Actions:

https://community.hadit.com/topic/74911-mandamus-granted-to-this-class-action-case-cavc/#comment-467472

Many of us here were in or will be in the Nehmer Class Action (Agent Orange) as VA finally adjudicates Blue Water Navy AO claims.

I agreed with most of what you said-sbout the VA claims process,but a former member here used to say getting veterans to unite on  doing anything is like " herding cats."

I learned that can be true sometimes when we had a group of disabled vets here, to try to start a Vet Link in NY.We would need to apply for a grant, and then develop the Vet Link format.

This was in the late 1980s, but we all had PCs and I had found Vet Link USA when I played around with a new PC we got that had a modem. My husband found a Vietnam vet from Australia one night and stayed on Vet link with him for hours. Our phone bill was over 400 bucks.

We. in NY ,needed far cheaper access than that.

As I cooked dinner for everyone the vets developed of list of things we had to do- contact our Congressman etc etc, find out licensing info, try to get a state grant,  etc etc...and they decided who of the group should do each task. I missed much of the discussion because, while cooking, I also had to feed my livestock-

As I sat down to eat with them they gave me the list of tasks.

My name was the only one on each task.

HOWEVER I have been part of many vet issues that involved many vets helping in any way they could- for example I was with the original Blue Water Navy Association, and wrote the first draft of the AO Amendment...long ago....but time and internal politics changed that.

Speaking of politics, you sure lost me .with the political statements you made here.

I have always been under the impression that politics and religion are not warranted here.

Otherwise I could have been preaching the gospel here rather than trying to help veterans with their claims issues. My claims only succeeded by LOTS of hard work and lots of prayers that the Evidence would reach someone at VA , who could read.

This is an educational web site-geared to helping veterans and their survivors succeed in their VA claims.

if you are willing to begin a class action movement, that would be great and I am sure others here would be willing to help with that.

Have you checked to see if there might be a class action pending on the same issue?

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited June 19, 2021 by Berta

[Berta]

There is a Class Action pending- regarding the long delays of VA claims:

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2019/06/17/court-allows-a-class-action-lawsuit-against-va-for-the-first-time/

In part:

"This case — Godsey v. Wilkie — sought relief for veterans facing lengthy waits for the department to certify their disability benefits appeals claims. The case was originally filed in 2017 on behalf of four veterans facing lengthy delays, but lawyers argued it should be broadened to include an entire class of individuals waiting for their benefits."