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VA delay in submitting proposed ratings
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I would bet it’s at Seattle, I’m not VA and I don’t have any affiliation but I’ve been told that’s where all of Army MEB’s go. Like I said set up an appointment with Washington state VERA and honestly you could just ask like what place your claim is at, but Seattle is a big one and they are notorious for being real slow. Hence here we are stuck in an institution that doesn’t want us anymore lol.Army
My case was sent to VA on June 9th, that makes it 90 days as at Sept 9th. When I called VA on Aug 25th I was told my case just got assigned to a rater on Aug 18th. I called again on Sept 19 and I was told nothing yet that my case is at the very last stage for decision. And the guy told me it’s in queue because they treat the case base on how it’s received. So after I have lamented my circumstances to the guy he guy me their office fax number and gave no and sent me 2 forms to fill out and explain my circumstances and fax it, that hopefully someone will take a look at it and do something about it. I did and they reached out to my Peblo and MSC to blast them . My Peblo called me yesterday and he was saying the VA called that they received my letters that I should pls leave them out of my conversation with the Va coz they VA thought they weren’t doing their Jobs by giving me proper informations. He said the VA will do anything to push the blames on them instead of actually taking responsibility to do their jobs. He told me the VA informed him that they will try and work on my case by next week anyways. I told him I am happy because my case has gotten the attention it needed, at least someone has read my letter and they actually reached out.Supposedly, I talked to an MSC that isn’t assigned to me just for info and to cross check. Apparently Seattle VARO isn’t even looking at IDES claims until they hit 90 days from receipt. I was found unfit 7 July 2025 with 25 total conditions. it’s been assigned to a rater 5-6 times. My assigned MSC and PEBLO don’t push for anything and tell me I’m impatient and lack on updates, apparently Seattle is also on Mandatory OT and Weekends.
Has anybody explained the process to you? So there’s a queue to get a rater assigned and a queue to get it QA’d the last step they were referring to was likely QA (the final word.) I believe you mentioned your file had 45 claims in it which is absolutely monstrous for a rater to do in a fast way. So yes, for your circumstances it makes sense why you were not handled immediately at the 90 day mark and likely why your claim has not finished. When a rater starts working on a claim it isn’t just that one until it’s done, they have a few in his/her work queue that they rotate around in bite sized pieces. When I mentioned the 90 days that’s just for your file to even be seen or have the chance to be assigned. I understand the wait is brutal, but losing a job offer does not classify as an expedite hardship if I am entirely honest. As I read some of these posts I realize most everyone’s MSC and PEBLO are useless and rarely fight for the soldier.My case was sent to VA on June 9th, that makes it 90 days as at Sept 9th. When I called VA on Aug 25th I was told my case just got assigned to a rater on Aug 18th. I called again on Sept 19 and I was told nothing yet that my case is at the very last stage for decision. And the guy told me it’s in queue because they treat the case base on how it’s received. So after I have lamented my circumstances to the guy he guy me their office fax number and gave no and sent me 2 forms to fill out and explain my circumstances and fax it, that hopefully someone will take a look at it and do something about it. I did and they reached out to my Peblo and MSC to blast them . My Peblo called me yesterday and he was saying the VA called that they received my letters that I should pls leave them out of my conversation with the Va coz they VA thought they weren’t doing their Jobs by giving me proper informations. He said the VA will do anything to push the blames on them instead of actually taking responsibility to do their jobs. He told me the VA informed him that they will try and work on my case by next week anyways. I told him I am happy because my case has gotten the attention it needed, at least someone has read my letter and they actually reached out.
I’m trying to understand the “queue” and “backlog”. MSC told me my claims were backlogged . A guy in my company his packet was sent to peb a month after mine with more claims then me and he got his ratings back in a month . I ask them to explain to me so I can understand but they just tell me to wait .Has anybody explained the process to you? So there’s a queue to get a rater assigned and a queue to get it QA’d the last step they were referring to was likely QA (the final word.) I believe you mentioned your file had 45 claims in it which is absolutely monstrous for a rater to do in a fast way. So yes, for your circumstances it makes sense why you were not handled immediately at the 90 day mark and likely why your claim has not finished. When a rater starts working on a claim it isn’t just that one until it’s done, they have a few in his/her work queue that they rotate around in bite sized pieces. When I mentioned the 90 days that’s just for your file to even be seen or have the chance to be assigned. I understand the wait is brutal, but losing a job offer does not classify as an expedite hardship if I am entirely honest. As I read some of these posts I realize most everyone’s MSC and PEBLO are useless and rarely fight for the soldier.
So I’ll try my best to help you, if you are active duty Army, more than likely your claim went to Seattle Washington, it’s busy. Real freaking busy. Let’s lay it out, a “backlog” means that there is such a large quantity of claims waiting for raters that most of your initial time waiting for ratings is spent in the backlog the actual time it takes to rate your file is much much shorter. After this it is sent into a “pool” there are a bunch of claims in the pool and each “team” of raters has one. They all pull claims out of this “pool” by age, so the oldest go first, that’s what they mean by “in the order received.” It’s just a line or order. When it’s your turn, your claim is pulled out of the pool and officially stamped with a raters name, they now “own it.” When raters do that, they have multiple other claims in their “work queues.” They rotate through however many claims they have and work on a little at a time, here is where complexity comes into play, if you have some crazy stuff or just a boatload of claims it’s going to take much longer then someone who has the same amount of claims but they are less complex or they don’t overlap. Occasionally, they request medical opinions on the real crazy stuff and they “pause” your claim for clarification so it can appear that’s it’s assigned but just chilling for awhile. After your rater composes all of your rating numbers it then goes to QA, yet another line. Then you wait for that, normally they just skim but again, the bigger the file the longer it takes, they can also kick it back to the rater if there is a problem. Please remember it’s not a rater just slapping a number on each condition, they have to type out a justification for why they assigned that percentage and the VA regulation they used.I’m trying to understand the “queue” and “backlog”. MSC told me my claims were backlogged . A guy in my company his packet was sent to peb a month after mine with more claims then me and he got his ratings back in a month . I ask them to explain to me so I can understand but they just tell me to wait .
Thankyou so much for your help and insight … this is probably the most help I’ve received since I started this process 6 months ago . I really appreciate itSo I’ll try my best to help you, if you are active duty Army, more than likely your claim went to Seattle Washington, it’s busy. Real freaking busy. Let’s lay it out, a “backlog” means that there is such a large quantity of claims waiting for raters that most of your initial time waiting for ratings is spent in the backlog the actual time it takes to rate your file is much much shorter. After this it is sent into a “pool” there are a bunch of claims in the pool and each “team” of raters has one. They all pull claims out of this “pool” by age, so the oldest go first, that’s what they mean by “in the order received.” It’s just a line or order. When it’s your turn, your claim is pulled out of the pool and officially stamped with a raters name, they now “own it.” When raters do that, they have multiple other claims in their “work queues.” They rotate through however many claims they have and work on a little at a time, here is where complexity comes into play, if you have some crazy stuff or just a boatload of claims it’s going to take much longer then someone who has the same amount of claims but they are less complex or they don’t overlap. Occasionally, they request medical opinions on the real crazy stuff and they “pause” your claim for clarification so it can appear that’s it’s assigned but just chilling for awhile. After your rater composes all of your rating numbers it then goes to QA, yet another line. Then you wait for that, normally they just skim but again, the bigger the file the longer it takes, they can also kick it back to the rater if there is a problem. Please remember it’s not a rater just slapping a number on each condition, they have to type out a justification for why they assigned that percentage and the VA regulation they used.
No worries at all. I’ve been riding the struggle bus as well. I’m at day 82, so hopefully not too much longer. Also, like I told the other person. Please reach out to the Washington VERA they have much better insight versus your MSC and PEBLO who likely have no clue what’s going on. The VERA is pretty much the closest and most up to date info you’ll get considering they are right by the rating place. Super easy to set up an appointment and it’s a phone call, I highly recommend and that’s where I got most of my info about the wait times and stuff also, this is a disclaimer this could change at a moments notice just a couple weeks ago they were at a 70 day backlog and it jumped to 90 day soon after.Thankyou so much for your help and insight … this is probably the most help I’ve received since I started this process 6 months ago . I really appreciate it
I’ve been waiting for a while as well, I was told that my ratings were started by the VA on 08Jul25 and still no word. Do you think this will go on until January 2025? Also I haven’t had luck with the VERA, every time I try to make an Appointment it reads me no appointment's available. Is there another place I can or site to create an appointment?
19Mar In brief
06MAY start of VA Appointment
May 29 CNP complete
May 30 NARSUM read
June 9 MEB/NARSUM legal review
18Jun signed NARSUM and sent to PEB
18Jun PEB determined unfit
Jul08 starting ratings
19Mar In brief
06MAY start of VA Appointment
May 29 CNP complete
May 30 NARSUM read
June 9 MEB/NARSUM legal review
18Jun signed NARSUM and sent to PEB
18Jun PEB determined unfit
Jul08 starting ratings
I made a virtual appointment with Vera in Washington because Hawai’i didn’t any and my MSC told me hopefully by October but even if we get ratings in October clearing and any terminal leave could take you into Jan 2026I’ve been waiting for a while as well, I was told that my ratings were started by the VA on 08Jul25 and still no word. Do you think this will go on until January 2025? Also I haven’t had luck with the VERA, every time I try to make an Appointment it reads me no appointment's available. Is there another place I can or site to create an appointment?
19Mar In brief
06MAY start of VA Appointment
May 29 CNP complete
May 30 NARSUM read
June 9 MEB/NARSUM legal review
18Jun signed NARSUM and sent to PEB
18Jun PEB determined unfit
Jul08 starting ratings
My MSC said the same thing, probably hearing something in October. I actually had to be extended since my original orders were for June. I have an extension to December and I haven’t been extended again yet because my PEBLO and MSC believe we should be hearing something soon.
Same my ETS date was this Thursday now I’m extended out until March 2026My MSC said the same thing, probably hearing something in October. I actually had to be extended since my original orders were for June. I have an extension to December and I haven’t been extended again yet because my PEBLO and MSC believe we should be hearing something soon.
Me and you are pretty much on the same timeline just a couple weeks apart. I’ll try my best to keep updating, how big was your claim? Do you have any crazy conditions?I’ve been waiting for a while as well, I was told that my ratings were started by the VA on 08Jul25 and still no word. Do you think this will go on until January 2025? Also I haven’t had luck with the VERA, every time I try to make an Appointment it reads me no appointment's available. Is there another place I can or site to create an appointment?
19Mar In brief
06MAY start of VA Appointment
May 29 CNP complete
May 30 NARSUM read
June 9 MEB/NARSUM legal review
18Jun signed NARSUM and sent to PEB
18Jun PEB determined unfit
Jul08 starting ratings
Following this thread, also submitted around the same time (23 JUN) and still waiting on ratings. Havent heard back anything. I was assigned a rate on 15JUL and have 35 conditions l claimed
Here you guys go this is the VA’s own regulations for IDES, most everything I’ve said is in here: https://www.knowva.ebenefits.va.gov...S-Referrals-and-Initial-Processing?query=ides
It even gives the emails and contact info for SeaTac DRAS where all active duty army claims go if you’re feeling a little crazy and wanna hit up the exact source just proceed with caution, I’m not sure of the consequences if any.
As anyone actually got their ratings back yet ?
Nope, been waiting since 23JUN when my packet was sent to the PEBAs anyone actually got their ratings back yet ?
NopeAs anyone actually got their ratings back yet ?