Claim denied same day it was submitted.

[71monty]

Evening. I need some answers. I submitted a claim for adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood and was denied the same day. Is that something that happens normally? What would cause this?

 

Thank You

[GBArmy]

71monty Did you receive your decision letter yet? You need redact your personal info such as name, ssn, etc. and post it to this original post. There are any number of reasons, but the three basic elements of a claim are: 1) have a current diagnosis of a disability from a  doc., 2) have an event or reference in your record that is the basis of your claim such as a fall and documentation of treatment for a bad back, and 3) a nexus or connection that links those two together.  from a doctor. What type of discharge is on your dd214? Dishonorable would result is denial of the claim (But not treatment.) If you had prior treatment at the VA and admitted that your MH initiated either before you entered the service, or some other event happened that caused it, that would be a good example of the VA denying as not being service connected. Just speculation until we can see what the reason is in the decision letter. Did you have a VSO submit for you or did you do it by yourself? If you used a VSO they can see in the VBMS system what the letter said. If not, the decision letter should be in the mail in 7-10 days. We need a lot more info.

[Hucast21]

No that is not normal imo. I would wait for the decision letter and then you take it from there if you want to appeal or not.

[brokensoldier244th]

What version (date at bottom) of 526ez did you file. A lot of vsos use old forms, as do websites. If it’s not the right version of the form, legally, it’s not a valid claim. Did they actually deny you, or did they send you a new application and say to reapply- and where are you getting the info? Ebenefits is not official notification of anything. Half of it doesn’t even work right now as they transition everything over to va.gov 

[Buck52]

 Welcome To Hadit 71monty

As GB Army mention ,

What was their reason they denied you? ''What We Decided''???

Did you submit by electronic mail  via  e benefits   or snail mail?

I am thinking it must have been through the electronically e benefits?

being denied the first day they get the claim is pretty fast for a decision but its possible.

Send us redacted copy that part   black out your name and any personal information  like claim # address  ect,,,ect,,

And what were you claiming?

 

Hang in there  we will help you figure it all out.

[broncovet]

I agree with the others.  You could have filed on the wrong form, maybe you failed to meet Caluza elements, or other reasons, such as "bad paper discharge".  We dont know without a review of your file and the decision.  

Of course, Va could have made one or more errors, sometimes "Veteran A" has page(s) of "Veteran B's file" mixed in with his.  

Edited January 31, 2021 by broncovet

[Berta]

How do you know the claim was denied "the same day "they got it ?

Perhaps there was something on the application that caused VA to deny due to an ineligible status.

How long did you serve?