Received proposed ratings late March, which closed original claim from MEB and opened a new one. Uploaded DD 214 early June, which closed that claim and opened a new one starting after ETS date. Official retirement 29 June. Uploaded my original DBQs and evidence. VA initially said it would be...
I was going through old threads and saw some people recommending to fill out and send in a VA form 26-8937 for verification of benefits. Could be something to try. I’m gonna talk to my loan officer and see if that’d help.
Let me know how this goes. I’m in the same situation but haven’t been able to get a hold of my MSC. I was preapproved with just proposed ratings, but cannot actually close on a home til my COE/awards letter are updated.
19 April: Received my 199 today: 40% for fibromyalgia, permanent disability retirement. I was honestly only expecting 20% for the fibro so am very pleasantly surprised.
Off the top of my head: Fibro, MDD, IBS, Migraines, cervicalgia (neck pain), lumbago (lower back pain), Carpal tunnel syndrome, plantar fasciitis, etc.
Also to make sure they don’t come off as TOO efficient, they made sure to mess up my extension paperwork so I’m not getting paid this month. So it balances out.