The title says it all...
I thought that I was done with this forum. Though it provided me with a great deal of support throughout my MEB process, I was happy to walk away when my EAS populated and I thought that I would just be able to retire peacefully and be done with the process and I couldn't have been more wrong.
Just for reference, I retired on the 29th of June. However, long before that, I received a call from a VA representative who went over my rating with me (albeit, proposed) but a rating nonetheless and that's how I was informed that I was 100P&T. He asked me to send my DD-214 to him and I did and never heard anything back. That was April 28th.
I assumed based on my previous knowledge and research that the VA was simply waiting for my EAS to start making some movement on my claim. However, it's now been 37 days with no movement, no updates on VA.gov and no end in sight.
I did call at the 30 day mark post retirement to see if I could get an update and I was told by the VA representative verbatim, "I don't know why there hasn't been any movement on your claim. Your DD-214 is in the system but isn't attached to your claim." He then put a note in my file requesting that the claim be reviewed and told me to call back a few days later if no movement had been made. Well, as you would imagine at this point, 7 days later, no movement had been made and so I called back and was told, "We have 30 days to process these requests. If no updates have occurred in 30 days, call us back."
At this point, my anxiety is going wild and I'm conjuring up all kinds of things in my head...Did my VA MSC close out my case correctly? Did the PEBLO close out the case on her end correctly? Is there something messed up on the VA side that's causing my claim to just sit there and not be touched...
I'm hoping by posting this that I can connect with others who received their PEB findings in mid to late April and retired in late June to see if we're all in the same boat or if the situation I'm in needs more attention from outside resources. Thanks.
I thought that I was done with this forum. Though it provided me with a great deal of support throughout my MEB process, I was happy to walk away when my EAS populated and I thought that I would just be able to retire peacefully and be done with the process and I couldn't have been more wrong.
Just for reference, I retired on the 29th of June. However, long before that, I received a call from a VA representative who went over my rating with me (albeit, proposed) but a rating nonetheless and that's how I was informed that I was 100P&T. He asked me to send my DD-214 to him and I did and never heard anything back. That was April 28th.
I assumed based on my previous knowledge and research that the VA was simply waiting for my EAS to start making some movement on my claim. However, it's now been 37 days with no movement, no updates on VA.gov and no end in sight.
I did call at the 30 day mark post retirement to see if I could get an update and I was told by the VA representative verbatim, "I don't know why there hasn't been any movement on your claim. Your DD-214 is in the system but isn't attached to your claim." He then put a note in my file requesting that the claim be reviewed and told me to call back a few days later if no movement had been made. Well, as you would imagine at this point, 7 days later, no movement had been made and so I called back and was told, "We have 30 days to process these requests. If no updates have occurred in 30 days, call us back."
At this point, my anxiety is going wild and I'm conjuring up all kinds of things in my head...Did my VA MSC close out my case correctly? Did the PEBLO close out the case on her end correctly? Is there something messed up on the VA side that's causing my claim to just sit there and not be touched...
I'm hoping by posting this that I can connect with others who received their PEB findings in mid to late April and retired in late June to see if we're all in the same boat or if the situation I'm in needs more attention from outside resources. Thanks.
