Re: POLL - Who has a claim in and how long have you been waiting?

by Guest Tue 02 Oct 2018, 21:05

bigrex wrote:
Artie Simm wrote:
bulldozer wrote:reassessment ptsd and knee 33 weeks in stage 3 this is completely absurd!
so let's just say your claim took a full 52 weeks to settle, and your knee when from a 10% disability to a reassessed to 20% ,would you get a year of back pay?I.e. the difference between 10 and 20 % is 10 %. On the lump sum chart that is $36500, would you get that?

Yes, you would get the 10% amount, at the rate it is when the reassessment is approved. So honestly, if you are getting close to December, and still waiting for a decision, I would personally want to wait until after the new year. Depending on the level, waiting the few extra weeks could add several hundred dollars, The difference between a 100% payment made last December, and one made in January, was $5400. Of course, getting a lump sum now, might have negative consequences once the PFL calculations are made.

is that why you're letting the hearing claim last, I mean 3 years for a decision must be a record, do you ever call them and inquire?

by **bigrex** Tue 02 Oct 2018, 20:08

Artie Simm wrote:
bulldozer wrote:reassessment ptsd and knee 33 weeks in stage 3 this is completely absurd!
so let's just say your claim took a full 52 weeks to settle, and your knee when from a 10% disability to a reassessed to 20% ,would you get a year of back pay?I.e. the difference between 10 and 20 % is 10 %. On the lump sum chart that is $36500, would you get that?

Yes, you would get the 10% amount, at the rate it is when the reassessment is approved. So honestly, if you are getting close to December, and still waiting for a decision, I would personally want to wait until after the new year. Depending on the level, waiting the few extra weeks could add several hundred dollars, The difference between a 100% payment made last December, and one made in January, was $5400. Of course, getting a lump sum now, might have negative consequences once the PFL calculations are made.

by Guest Tue 02 Oct 2018, 19:11

Nemo wrote:Go here and input the date your info was accepted by VAC and it will compute the time that has gone by.

http://www.howlongagogo.com

every vet should do this and post it to myvacaccount

by **Nemo** Tue 02 Oct 2018, 18:53

Go here and input the date your info was accepted by VAC and it will compute the time that has gone by.

http://www.howlongagogo.com

by **Nemo** Tue 02 Oct 2018, 18:49

How many days ago... 172 days
How many weeks ago... 25 weeks
How many months ago... 5 months
How many hours ago... 4128 hours
How many minutes ago... 247680 minutes
How many seconds ago... 14860800 seconds

by **Nemo** Tue 02 Oct 2018, 18:26

Put in for a reassessment mid April. Still waiting. Almost 6 months. Sitting at Stage 3. They say the delays are due to massive amounts of veterans putting in claims. That may be true but then contract out to some medical people with expertise and process these claims. This is ridiculous. It is unacceptable. I sent an email to the Minister of Veteran Affairs and plan to also send to my MP. And time to write to Ombudsman too. Not that it will make much difference but this problem needs to be fixed. MPs in Ottawa would never stand for delays like this if this was their disability program.

by red510 Tue 02 Oct 2018, 17:33

PTSD / MDD reassessment at stage 3 for 17 weeks. I am having a hard time being patient.

by Guest Tue 02 Oct 2018, 15:02

bulldozer wrote:reassessment ptsd and knee 33 weeks in stage 3 this is completely absurd!

so let's just say your claim took a full 52 weeks to settle, and your knee when from a 10% disability to a reassessed to 20% ,would you get a year of back pay?I.e. the difference between 10 and 20 % is 10 %. On the lump sum chart that is $36500, would you get that?

by Guest Tue 02 Oct 2018, 14:59

propat wrote:just put a reassessment in two weeks ago and when I hear any acknowledgement they received it will be asking for a second VRAB hearing as to an increase to 5/5 from 1/5 on this same issue . lets see how long this takes ? I read somewhere they were going to automatically make all 1/5 reassessment 4/5 to clear the back log of appeals. I've only ever filed 1 claim, but l " heard" reassessment was " supposed " to be faster because they basically have all the info in front of them except for maybe the " new" evidence supplied through BPA

propat

by Guest Tue 02 Oct 2018, 14:56

bigrex wrote:Wait times for everything around VAC are insane. I've been waiting for a hearing with VRAB since 2015.

okay 2015 that takes the cake!

by bulldozer Tue 02 Oct 2018, 13:14

reassessment ptsd and knee 33 weeks in stage 3 this is completely absurd!

by propat Tue 02 Oct 2018, 12:32

just put a reassessment in two weeks ago and when I hear any acknowledgement they received it will be asking for a second VRAB hearing as to an increase to 5/5 from 1/5 on this same issue . lets see how long this takes ?

propat

by **bigrex** Tue 02 Oct 2018, 12:09

Wait times for everything around VAC are insane. I've been waiting for a hearing with VRAB since 2015.

by Guest Tue 02 Oct 2018, 11:53

I put my my first claim in, in almost 2 decades, last march, it's now at stage 3 for 20 weeks, so far. It's been so long since l put in a claim l do not know if this is the standard over the years, or does this year seem the worst in terms of wait times? Rumor is the liberal gov. told VAC to stall claims as long as they can until they roll out their new pension for life program April 1 2019. What does everyone else feel,?how long has your claim been in ? Wait time seems about normal or extra long this time round?

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