Ok this is my first post but I wanted to share my experience with you guys as I have read many posts on here during the process. My final retirement date from the Army was 23January 2018. I received 40 percent from the Army and 90 percent from the VA(I Received my official VA rating in February). I retired as a SFC with 11.5 years of service.
I appealed my VA Decision. I did so methodically and made sure my ducks were in a row. That reconsideration was filed in May2018. I had a couple C&P exams in June and received a decision at the end of August. I am now %100 P&T from VA. I was very impressed with the timeline and have been very impressed with my level of care from the VA to this point. ( They have almost been annoying with following up on things haha)
After retirement, I immediately applied for CRSC, they received my packet on 18FEB2018.
I received a notice from HRC that I was Approved for 90%CRSC and that it was being forwarded to DFAS dated 12SEP2018. The most impressive part was that HRC had my updated VA ratings from less than a month before and they were calculated into my decision! I hope this is a sign for others that the Army is getting faster at processing the claims. All of my injuries were clearly combat related (2 Purple Hearts, Medevac'd twice etc...) I am not sure if this has an effect on the turnaround time or not.
I have not seen anything on my pay or received anything from DFAS. I tried to call and was transferred 3 times and on hold 2 hours before I gave up. Hopefully I see some of the CSRS and Backpay soon!
Anyhow, there you have a pretty recent timeline of events.
I appealed my VA Decision. I did so methodically and made sure my ducks were in a row. That reconsideration was filed in May2018. I had a couple C&P exams in June and received a decision at the end of August. I am now %100 P&T from VA. I was very impressed with the timeline and have been very impressed with my level of care from the VA to this point. ( They have almost been annoying with following up on things haha)
After retirement, I immediately applied for CRSC, they received my packet on 18FEB2018.
I received a notice from HRC that I was Approved for 90%CRSC and that it was being forwarded to DFAS dated 12SEP2018. The most impressive part was that HRC had my updated VA ratings from less than a month before and they were calculated into my decision! I hope this is a sign for others that the Army is getting faster at processing the claims. All of my injuries were clearly combat related (2 Purple Hearts, Medevac'd twice etc...) I am not sure if this has an effect on the turnaround time or not.
I have not seen anything on my pay or received anything from DFAS. I tried to call and was transferred 3 times and on hold 2 hours before I gave up. Hopefully I see some of the CSRS and Backpay soon!
Anyhow, there you have a pretty recent timeline of events.