My Timeline for Appeal at the CAVC

[ShrekTheTank]

1. Hide past events

   July 08, 2014 – January 08, 2021
    

2. VA sent you a claim decision

   on July 08, 2014

    

    

3. VA received your Notice of Disagreement

   on July 09, 2014

    

    

4. VA sent you a Statement of the Case

   on November 12, 2014

    

    

5. VA received your Form 9

   on November 18, 2014

    

    

6. VA sent you a Supplemental Statement of the Case

   on November 17, 2015

    

    

7. Your appeal was sent to the Board of Veterans’ Appeals

   on March 02, 2016

    

    

8. Board of Veterans’ Appeals made a decision

   on May 24, 2018

    

    

9. VA sent you a Supplemental Statement of the Case

   on July 22, 2019

    

    

10. Your appeal was returned to the Board of Veterans’ Appeals

    on August 20, 2019

     

     

11. Board of Veterans’ Appeals made a decision

    on November 08, 2019

     

     

12. U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims made a decision

    on August 03, 2020

     

     

13. Board of Veterans’ Appeals made a decision

    on January 08, 2021

I know someone was asking about this, so I waned to post my timeline.  This is my progression with moving from legacy to the new system.  We will see how long the remand at the regional office will now take.  

[broncovet]

Well, that is about seven years, and includes 2 BVA decisions, 1 CAVC, but its unclear if VARO "implemented" your claim or not yet.  7 years is ridiculous.    Its consistent with mine, however, I had to do all the above "at least twice", so mine was 17 years total, including at least 2 effective date appeals.  All in all, I pretty much got what I was asking for, including 100 percent and the effective date, but after a 17 year fight, where VA fought me at every step of the way.   

Remember, VA profits by delay of Veterans claims:

1.  Many Vets die before going through appeals.

2.  Many other Vets become too sick or too weak to continue.

3.  Others take bad advice from VSO's who tell them to "settle into" poverty, otherwise VA could reduce you instead.  

4.  Even if the Veteran is persistent, and VA does not hornswaggle the effective date (unlikely), then VA gets an interest free loan from the Veteran for decades, sometimes.  

 

 

[ShrekTheTank]

So I am waiting on them to do another C&P exam for the BVA.   Once this is complete I am hoping for now we are done, but who knows.  I am hoping to have it completed this year!

You are right it is crap they put us through this wait.  I am lucky to be young enough to still fight it.  Many are not.  

[pacmanx1]

39 minutes ago, broncovet said:

Well, that is about seven years, and includes 2 BVA decisions, 1 CAVC, but its unclear if VARO "implemented" your claim or not yet.  7 years is ridiculous.    Its consistent with mine, however, I had to do all the above "at least twice", so mine was 17 years total, including at least 2 effective date appeals.  All in all, I pretty much got what I was asking for, including 100 percent and the effective date, but after a 17 year fight, where VA fought me at every step of the way.   

Remember, VA profits by delay of Veterans claims:

1.  Many Vets die before going through appeals.

2.  Many other Vets become too sick or too weak to continue.

3.  Others take bad advice from VSO's who tell them to "settle into" poverty, otherwise VA could reduce you instead.  

4.  Even if the Veteran is persistent, and VA does not hornswaggle the effective date (unlikely), then VA gets an interest free loan from the Veteran for decades, sometimes.  

5. Some veterans just say fudge it, I don't need this Sugar Honey Ice Tea and quit their claim or let it die