I believe op is referring to the VA not rating claims correctly the first time, which leads to appeals, and appeals tend to be time consuming for the VA adding to the backlog.
Couldn’t agree more. The VA ties to give you the lowest rating possible in hopes you won’t appeal or they just deny it outright even though you have all the evidence
@rogerbandeen2211, I really appreciate this comment. The Monday Morning Workload Report includes a bunch of data about "accuracy" that I haven't really dug into yet, but you make a good point that errors in the process slow the whole process down. So I'll get on that soon.
@ it’s better to know the enemy, and give us veterans the guts. We as veterans have to take the info you push out and DO something with it or pass it on.
Very interesting. Thank you, Chuck. I am gathering evidence for my new and supplemental Claims. At >75 years of age, I do not look forward to the Inquisition by the C&P Examiners. Brings to mind what we were told about the V.C. in 1969!
@donalddodson7365, one thing that I'm a bit curious about is how they apply 38 CFR § 4.19 to guys like you. That's the rule that age is not to be considered in service connected conditions (www.ecfr.gov/current/title-38/chapter-I/part-4/subpart-A/section-4.19)....I wonder if that is really happening.
@ in my experience they blow smoke up your ass and day they are working on it. When I got a good VSO they were able to pull out legalities in the system that pushed things along almost magically! It’s like having a lawyer in a court room that know the laws vs representing yourself.
@JamesJohnson-sl3ui...something ain't right. You can find accredited VSOs at this link (www.va.gov/get-help-from-accredited-representative/find-rep/) and in this video I talk about some of the considerations for using that database (ruclips.net/video/5gqYIFZcWVQ/видео.html)
Yes, but when they ask for paperwork they already have and use it to start a whole new claim identical to the one they've had DTA, then they can say that they don't owe for those 2 years. That's what's happening to me.
I was in step 3 for 3 months,jump to step 5 on 30 October. Now on 30 December I was sent back to step 3. They said they sent me a development letter,have not received as of 10 Jan 25. I uploaded some information today,10 Jan 25. It’s insane
Hey Chuck, I just filed my BDD on Dec 6th w/ a Quantico VSO. I haven't received any C&P calls nor has my VA.Gov profile shown any active submitted claims. I'm starting to get worried.... Is this normal?
@macdaddy2727, I don't know, but there are a couple things about your comment that might be red flags. The big question is: "Did the claim actually get submitted?" In most cases, the person making their claim mails the paperwork to the Veteran's Administration. But in the Commonwealth of Virginia, there is an electronic option for submission. When you say you filed "w/ a Quantico VSO", how did the claim get to the Veteran's Administration? Shoot me a note at chuck.weko@gmail.com if you want to talk more.
@@the_bureaucrat Here's the response I received from the VSO. Pleased to hear that it has been submitted correctly. "Good morning. I was just speaking to my co-worker about this very topic this morning. There is no rhyme or reason why some BDD claims hit the VA the next day and others take a month or two. I can say the VA has received your claim successfully, now we are just waiting for them to uploaded your BDD claim. Your claim will be considered a BDD claim because it was successfully received in December 180-90 days from retirement. I check on it every week to see if it has been uploaded. I do apologize for the delay, but we are just waiting on the VA to do their part, you/we did our part successfully. Thank you and stay safe this weekend we are supposed to get more snow."
Thank goodness the VA changed my BDD to a regular base claim..now I get to wait an extra 12-24 months for my claim to be approved! Yayyyy! 🍻🥳 300 days and counting…😃
C&P contract companies “holding DBQs in QA” forever doesn’t help either. It prevents VA from timely adjudication as well. 148 days and counting with that issue for my claim
That's an interesting point...you're saying that the C&P company's response time factors into this time line. Should have been obvious to me and I'm glad you pointed that out.
@ that’s correct it does factor in because the raters at VA can’t complete thier job to issue decisions without the results of an exam. It holds everything up
My wife died on July 14, 2024. VA changed to step 2 on August 1, 2024, and it is still step 2 today January 8, 2025. There is debating she died, I sent them the death certificate in July 2024. What is their problem? I called them to complain and they told me they are working on it!
I finally moved to step 6 today Jan 14. I was in step 5 for 3 months. It only took maybe a month to go from step 1-4 all in September. Then stopped at 5 till I called and said it was causing a hardship otherwise it would probably still be in 5.
That seems pretty par for the course. I'm not sure I'd get worried yet. And it seems like all of you submitted your claims just before the beginning of the holiday season.
@m.w.1064 interesting how some of the claims work. I was at step 3 for almost 10 months. Hit step 5 and then step 8 within days..this happened on 2 claims. Last one just finished this month
Funny how in 2021 it all changed... almost like a new person was appointed and he has no experience beyond donating to a certain president. Not suspicious
Agreed. They don't give that data, but they do give average data for multiple jurisdictions. So maybe if I put on my thinking cap, I could get a better picture.
Question about HLR.. Is it normal to have multiple C&P Medical Opinion review only exams during the process? I’m on my second Med review now. Has anyone else experienced this?
@@coribanks4847 I had this happen to me for Sleep Apnea. They delayed decision after 1st C & P, then ordered a 2nd C & P. It went in my favor, but took 7-8 months to adjudicate.
You know...I haven't paid much attention to their "accuracy" numbers, but you raise the issue that even if the errors are not intentional, they have an impact on the delays vets experience.
@@the_bureaucrat You don't have the experience I have dealing with the VA.Have ever filed a VA claim before if not you have no idea how the VA operate.Talk to Vets have there claims delayed an denied you have a lot to learn how the VA Operate.Something else you missed remands back to VA from the Board.You have a lot of reviewing to do .Depending on the VA Website you will always get it wrong.
My claims last year were submitted on 7 March and completed on 10 December. So, mine took over 9 months. Now, I had a couple of supplemental claims that processed fast.
@@the_bureaucrat I believe that could be the case. Think my rater got confused with all of the medical records and documents that I submitted. IF I had a do over, I would have filed for 1 or 2 conditions at a time. The way it went, I had six C&P exams and two of them were really duplicates. They fought EVERY condition that I was clearly diagnosed with.. but in the end, verified all but one, which I requested a higher level review. They also misclassified my main nervous system condition (dysautonomia), which I appealed.
Plus, when they give you an average, you never know what the real distribution of wait times is...there might be dozens of people getting finished in 1 day...so the average looks good.
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If they did it correctly the first time there wouldn’t be near the backlog.
Who are they?
@@jimmyjackson2361
Raters for sure. I’ve had several claims that have had errors and fixed with HLR no new evidence submitted.
I believe op is referring to the VA not rating claims correctly the first time, which leads to appeals, and appeals tend to be time consuming for the VA adding to the backlog.
Couldn’t agree more. The VA ties to give you the lowest rating possible in hopes you won’t appeal or they just deny it outright even though you have all the evidence
@rogerbandeen2211, I really appreciate this comment. The Monday Morning Workload Report includes a bunch of data about "accuracy" that I haven't really dug into yet, but you make a good point that errors in the process slow the whole process down. So I'll get on that soon.
Thank you for the information.
Thanks for your insight, it helps a lot of vets like me understand what’s going on.
@1029db, I'm glad you feel that way...I feel kind of impotent staring into all this mess because it's not like I can DO anything about it.
@ it’s better to know the enemy, and give us veterans the guts. We as veterans have to take the info you push out and DO something with it or pass it on.
Very interesting. Thank you, Chuck. I am gathering evidence for my new and supplemental Claims. At >75 years of age, I do not look forward to the Inquisition by the C&P Examiners. Brings to mind what we were told about the V.C. in 1969!
That is such a ridiculous statement, and dishonors all the POWs from Nam!
@donalddodson7365, one thing that I'm a bit curious about is how they apply 38 CFR § 4.19 to guys like you. That's the rule that age is not to be considered in service connected conditions (www.ecfr.gov/current/title-38/chapter-I/part-4/subpart-A/section-4.19)....I wonder if that is really happening.
I have been sitting at claim received since June . Simple claim trying to get my college attending son back on as a dependent
Have you filed with an accredited VSO (veteran service officer) like the American Legion?
Call them for an update!
@ in my experience they blow smoke up your ass and day they are working on it. When I got a good VSO they were able to pull out legalities in the system that pushed things along almost magically! It’s like having a lawyer in a court room that know the laws vs representing yourself.
@JamesJohnson-sl3ui...something ain't right. You can find accredited VSOs at this link (www.va.gov/get-help-from-accredited-representative/find-rep/) and in this video I talk about some of the considerations for using that database (ruclips.net/video/5gqYIFZcWVQ/видео.html)
Yes, but when they ask for paperwork they already have and use it to start a whole new claim identical to the one they've had DTA, then they can say that they don't owe for those 2 years. That's what's happening to me.
Good Lord.
I was in step 3 for 3 months,jump to step 5 on 30 October. Now on 30 December I was sent back to step 3. They said they sent me a development letter,have not received as of 10 Jan 25. I uploaded some information today,10 Jan 25. It’s insane
The only consolation is that the effective date of any payments will be backdated to when you submitted your claim.
Hey Chuck, I just filed my BDD on Dec 6th w/ a Quantico VSO. I haven't received any C&P calls nor has my VA.Gov profile shown any active submitted claims. I'm starting to get worried.... Is this normal?
@macdaddy2727, I don't know, but there are a couple things about your comment that might be red flags. The big question is: "Did the claim actually get submitted?" In most cases, the person making their claim mails the paperwork to the Veteran's Administration. But in the Commonwealth of Virginia, there is an electronic option for submission. When you say you filed "w/ a Quantico VSO", how did the claim get to the Veteran's Administration? Shoot me a note at chuck.weko@gmail.com if you want to talk more.
@@the_bureaucrat Here's the response I received from the VSO. Pleased to hear that it has been submitted correctly.
"Good morning. I was just speaking to my co-worker about this very topic this morning. There is no rhyme or reason why some BDD claims hit the VA the next day and others take a month or two. I can say the VA has received your claim successfully, now we are just waiting for them to uploaded your BDD claim. Your claim will be considered a BDD claim because it was successfully received in December 180-90 days from retirement. I check on it every week to see if it has been uploaded. I do apologize for the delay, but we are just waiting on the VA to do their part, you/we did our part successfully. Thank you and stay safe this weekend we are supposed to get more snow."
Thank goodness the VA changed my BDD to a regular base claim..now I get to wait an extra 12-24 months for my claim to be approved! Yayyyy! 🍻🥳 300 days and counting…😃
Congratulations. 🙄
C&P contract companies “holding DBQs in QA” forever doesn’t help either. It prevents VA from timely adjudication as well. 148 days and counting with that issue for my claim
That's an interesting point...you're saying that the C&P company's response time factors into this time line. Should have been obvious to me and I'm glad you pointed that out.
@ that’s correct it does factor in because the raters at VA can’t complete thier job to issue decisions without the results of an exam. It holds everything up
My wife died on July 14, 2024. VA changed to step 2 on August 1, 2024, and it is still step 2 today January 8, 2025. There is debating she died, I sent them the death certificate in July 2024. What is their problem? I called them to complain and they told me they are working on it!
Seems strange. Is this a DIC claim? Shoot me a note at chuck.weko@gmail.com if you want to get into the details.
I finally moved to step 6 today Jan 14. I was in step 5 for 3 months. It only took maybe a month to go from step 1-4 all in September. Then stopped at 5 till I called and said it was causing a hardship otherwise it would probably still be in 5.
Interesting.
My claim has been on step 3 for 264 days. My claim was started Dec 2023.
Something is wrong. Your timeline sounds a lot more like an appeal. ruclips.net/video/ax552GSnW_c/видео.html
@ as crazy as it sounds it’s not an appeal, but thanks for the link.
I'm at step 5 since 22NOV24. It only took 1 month 1,2,3,4.
I am stuck at step 5 since Nov 16. I went from 3 to 5 in 2 days and now just been sitting there.
Whoa, same here. Been at step 5 since the 22nd of November too.
That seems pretty par for the course. I'm not sure I'd get worried yet. And it seems like all of you submitted your claims just before the beginning of the holiday season.
@m.w.1064 interesting how some of the claims work. I was at step 3 for almost 10 months. Hit step 5 and then step 8 within days..this happened on 2 claims. Last one just finished this month
Funny how in 2021 it all changed... almost like a new person was appointed and he has no experience beyond donating to a certain president. Not suspicious
February 9, 2021 to be exact...Now I'm curious to see what happens in the next couple of months.
Median time to process might be instructive.
Agreed. They don't give that data, but they do give average data for multiple jurisdictions. So maybe if I put on my thinking cap, I could get a better picture.
Question about HLR.. Is it normal to have multiple C&P Medical Opinion review only exams during the process? I’m on my second Med review now. Has anyone else experienced this?
For the same condition?
@@coribanks4847 I had this happen to me for Sleep Apnea. They delayed decision after 1st C & P, then ordered a 2nd C & P. It went in my favor, but took 7-8 months to adjudicate.
@@the_bureaucrat yes the same condition
You Left out Legacy Claims
Isn't that a bit more about appeals? ruclips.net/video/ax552GSnW_c/видео.html
5 years and waiting on a appeal.
Are you stuck under the old appeal process? ruclips.net/video/ax552GSnW_c/видео.html
I still have a claim dating back to 2017😂😂😂😂
Is it an appeal?
@ It is a appeal of a appeal of a appeal. Just gotta keep it current but it has been on the appeal status since 2017
VA Make mistakes on purporse to delay deny delay deny claims
You know...I haven't paid much attention to their "accuracy" numbers, but you raise the issue that even if the errors are not intentional, they have an impact on the delays vets experience.
@@the_bureaucrat You don't have the experience I have dealing with the VA.Have ever filed a VA claim before if not you have no idea how the VA operate.Talk to Vets have there claims delayed an denied you have a lot to learn how the VA Operate.Something else you missed remands back to VA from the Board.You have a lot of reviewing to do .Depending on the VA Website you will always get it wrong.
Pretty sure they played funky chicken with my claim to make it look like it hasn't been waiting 2 years
My claims last year were submitted on 7 March and completed on 10 December. So, mine took over 9 months. Now, I had a couple of supplemental claims that processed fast.
I'm a bit curious if a claim with lots of conditions moves slower than several claims with fewer conditions.
@@the_bureaucrat I believe that could be the case. Think my rater got confused with all of the medical records and documents that I submitted. IF I had a do over, I would have filed for 1 or 2 conditions at a time. The way it went, I had six C&P exams and two of them were really duplicates. They fought EVERY condition that I was clearly diagnosed with.. but in the end, verified all but one, which I requested a higher level review. They also misclassified my main nervous system condition (dysautonomia), which I appealed.
VA Website is not always accurate never been
Plus, when they give you an average, you never know what the real distribution of wait times is...there might be dozens of people getting finished in 1 day...so the average looks good.
161 days and counting
Fingers crossed.
Four years and counting.😢