gba Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 In 2017, the Veterans administration audited my benefits. It was determined that I received an overpayment of 39,000. Waivers were denied. In 2018 I filed an appeal. I presented evidence which my audit. The evidence was available on the E-benefits page outlining payment history. I was granted my appeal after 2 years and 24,000 dollars reduction of benefits. The financial hardships are heavy. I am single. Cant imagine the impact on a family. This is a success because I decided to follow my initial instinct. Not sure about the return of deductions. Haven't received paperwork. Good fortune to all especially to families. GBA vetquest 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vetquest Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 You are right about that. I have a family and that much money would kill me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awgv001 Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 Good on you for appealing! Same as @vetquest, my small family couldn't take a blow like this, not to mention I'm not at the correct rating right now anyways (pending almost 8 years of backpay once my appeal goes through...) We we're on the brink of homelessness on at least 3 different occasions. Full time jobs are extremely limited in my small town without a college degree. Went through 3 jobs before I re-injured myself to the point that I couldn't work, at least for a while (spine surgery) - several denials, didn't get issued C&P's for a diagnosed condition w/ other caluza elements of evidence. All we can do is press on, until we either dead end, or succeed, and then help other fellow Veterans do the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator broncovet Posted February 23, 2020 Moderator Share Posted February 23, 2020 Congratulations on your win!!! Supreme Court Justice, Roberts, was startled to hear that VA takes a position which is "substantially unjustified" against the Veteran greater than 50 percent of the time. What does this mean? It means the lawyers who work for VA figure out a bogus denial, and then fight the Veteran. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jefmil50 Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 A very big congratulations and good luck on future battles with the VA! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Train Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 On 2/22/2020 at 2:25 PM, gba said: In 2017, the Veterans administration audited my benefits. It was determined that I received an overpayment of 39,000. Waivers were denied. In 2018 I filed an appeal. I presented evidence which my audit. The evidence was available on the E-benefits page outlining payment history. I was granted my appeal after 2 years and 24,000 dollars reduction of benefits. The financial hardships are heavy. I am single. Cant imagine the impact on a family. This is a success because I decided to follow my initial instinct. Not sure about the return of deductions. Haven't received paperwork. Good fortune to all especially to families. GBA They audited your benefits? They deemed your percentages to be wrong? Did they do a follow up C&P to determine this? This would be terrible. I'm P&T at 100% but I still worry this could happen to me. The words 'you're being audited' brings anxiety to another level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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