Found unfit two weeks ago but my packet still floating around in PEB? According to my ako timeline, the packet is past due just for a few days so it's showing the red"x"? I thought once found unfit for duty, PEB will immediately send it for ratings? Can someone explain this to me or how the process works because I'm getting irritated now. My eBenefits does say "Gathering Evidence".. Thanks..
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Found unfit but papers are not turned in for ratings?
- Thread starter Badzki01
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The VA does the ratings, and generally they receive your packet before the PEB makes a finding. The timeline the Military and congress and the rest of us want for a rating decision and the time it takes are just not gonna meet.
So a explanation on why it takes patience: The VA has to review your entire medical file before making a decision. The meat of it is fairly simple, just go off the DBQ and input it into a computer and out comes a rating. That leads to problems sometimes, so they have to go over every piece of paper and make sure everything makes sense, and where it doesn't, make a decision on which information works better.
So yeah, maybe that'd take a couple weeks, but there are claims coming in from all over. So they have to do the ones who come in first, first. Its not a problem they can just throw people at either. VA says it takes on average 2 years to train a rating officer to be effective. You can't just hire any old guy off the street either, there is a pretty high level of trust they need to place in these people. They're deciding on where monies go, but also they have to read all the intimate details of your medical file.
If you get too frustrated, just remember, the average time for a claim to get a decision outside the IDES process is over a year. Every once in awhile the media latches onto a story of a guy waiting over 10 years for a decision. It wasn't that long ago that the average time to be in the MEB process was over a year, and I certainly knew a guy who was in the MEB process for 3 years.
I would say the average time now adays from NARSUM signature to rating returned to you is 4 months, +/- 2 months. There are still some that take over a year, but they're becoming more rare. Its a far from perfect system.
So a explanation on why it takes patience: The VA has to review your entire medical file before making a decision. The meat of it is fairly simple, just go off the DBQ and input it into a computer and out comes a rating. That leads to problems sometimes, so they have to go over every piece of paper and make sure everything makes sense, and where it doesn't, make a decision on which information works better.
So yeah, maybe that'd take a couple weeks, but there are claims coming in from all over. So they have to do the ones who come in first, first. Its not a problem they can just throw people at either. VA says it takes on average 2 years to train a rating officer to be effective. You can't just hire any old guy off the street either, there is a pretty high level of trust they need to place in these people. They're deciding on where monies go, but also they have to read all the intimate details of your medical file.
If you get too frustrated, just remember, the average time for a claim to get a decision outside the IDES process is over a year. Every once in awhile the media latches onto a story of a guy waiting over 10 years for a decision. It wasn't that long ago that the average time to be in the MEB process was over a year, and I certainly knew a guy who was in the MEB process for 3 years.
I would say the average time now adays from NARSUM signature to rating returned to you is 4 months, +/- 2 months. There are still some that take over a year, but they're becoming more rare. Its a far from perfect system.
I guess I'm under the impression once found unfit, it's goes straight to Seattle for VA and that's where the paper get stuck because they review the records. I guess the reason my packet lingers in San Antonio, TX is to collect records and send it to Seattle. I know it used to be longer but now it seems packet comes back fairly quick.
Gathering of evidence means the VA received your packet and its sitting in the queue to be seen by a RO I believe. Unless you've been watching ebenefits and it just suddenly shot back down there, then it means its done and you'll have the rating any day now.
eBenefits does say "gathering evidence". The reason I called my peblo because I was wondering what was the issue with my ipeb. She told me that my packet still in San Antonio but she also said I really don't know what's the hold up. I also think my packet is in VA but it's kinda crazy if she don't know where's my paperworks..