How do I get my VA award letter online?
Download VA Letters is now available on VA.gov. You'll need to sign in to VA.gov to access this feature. Download and modify VA letters, including Civil Service Preferences, Commissary and Exchange Privileges, Service Benefit Verification and Proof of Service Card.
Can I view my VA decision letter online?
You can check the status of your VA claim, appeal, or decision review on VA.gov. You'll need to sign in first with DS Logon, My HealtheVet, or ID.me.Dec 21, 2020
What is a VA award letter?
What is a VA Award Letter? A VA award letter is issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) when a decision has been made regarding a veteran's claim for benefits. Specifically, this letter indicates a veteran's disability rating(s) along with the corresponding amount of monthly compensation.Nov 18, 2020
How do I get proof of my VA disability rating?
You can access your award letter from your eBenefits account or through the VA.gov website and logging into a My healtheVet, DS Logon or ID.me accounts. If you do not have an account, you can easily create one to obtain your proof of VA disability.May 21, 2021
How long does it take to get a VA award letter?
If you mail your application, we'll send you a letter to let you know we have your claim. You should get this letter about one week, plus mailing time, after we receive your claim.Apr 1, 2022
What does a VA benefits award letter look like?
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Can I download my VA decision letter?
To receive some benefits, Veterans need a letter proving their status. Access and download your VA Benefit Summary Letter (sometimes called a VA award letter) and other benefit letters and documents online.Mar 4, 2022
How do I get a VA rating decision letter?
Obtaining a VA Rating Decision LetterCall the VA and request decision letter to be faxed to our office.Call the VA and request decision letter to be emailed to you.Fax the VA a written request for the letter and ask that it be mailed to you. ( May take up to a month)Apr 4, 2021
What is a vocational evaluation?
A complete evaluation to determine your abilities, skills, and interests for employment. Professional or vocational counseling and rehabilitation planning for employment services. Employment services such as job training, resume development, and other work-readiness support. Help finding and keeping a job, including the use ...
What does it mean to have a handicap?
Having an employment handicap means your service-connected disability limits your ability to prepare for, obtain, and maintain suitable employment ( a job that doesn’t make your disability worse, is stable, and matches your abilities, aptitudes, and interests).
Can I get GI Bill if I am on VR&E?
If you’re participating in a VR&E program and also qualify for Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits, you can choose to get paid the GI Bill subsistence rate instead of the Chapter 31 subsistence allowance rate. In most cases the GI Bill rate is higher.
Can you get employment if you are disabled?
If you're a service member or Veteran and have a disability that was caused—or made worse—by your active-duty service and that limits your ability to work or prevents you from working, you may be able to get employment support or services to help you live as independently as possible.
Voc Rehab
I'm going through a similar situation and it seems my vocational rehab counselor feels he has too many clients. I was told about his client list being so demanding and I haven't received my book reimbursement since I paid my money back in Sept. I have been getting my payments late, this month it was eleven days late.
Tracking correspondence
Try to take someone with you at your meetings, and try to correspond by email and fax, so all of the remarks are in writing. Even if you leave phone messages, also email her at the same time, asking the same questions, as you are usually more likely to get an emailed response. They seem to avoid phone calls in my experience.
Idiots abound
Yep Futurevrc, I am battling this one! She's been doing this job for 5 years, and she's yanking my chain! I thin she is trying to get me to give up and go away! I've been patient enough, and will be forwarding her emails to her boss.
Too funny!
No, Nancy Pel**i isn't my VRC, but thanks for the warning! Mine is named Kadine, but I'll leave out the last name for Freedom of Information Act purposes (since she constantly throws FOIA in my face when requesting records)! With that name, its pretty easy to identify her! Thanks!
Form 21-4138
Form 21-4138 should be requested and filed by the Veteran in order to have your case reviewed. VRC's especially the bullying types need to be reigned in. I have had 3 VRC's in the 3 years in the program. The 2nd one i was assigned to won the state award for best VRC.
The good the bad and the ugly . .
It really shouldn't matter who your VRC is and the benefits you get. I have a 4.0, and my counselor blocks me every chance she gets.
Today was hard with tears
Today was hard. I’m alone and really don’t have anyone that I can reach out to. I had to get out of the house so I am right now sitting on a bench, in the middle of a mall. My vision is blurred and I have tears running down my face. I’m just really depressed right now.
After 16 months, I finally finally finally got my rating
After being told to wait over and over again, along with the TBD date for my claim zeroing out due to the pandemic, I finally got a notification that my claim has been accepted at 60%. It couldn't have come at a better time. I've been close to homeless, homeless, car broken down and things just kept piling on. I can finally get some real help.
Thank you To everyone here
I wanted to post a simple thank you to all those on this forum who do so much to keep us informed and arm us with the knowledge we need to be successful as a Veteran. It is amazing the time ya'll volunteer and put in on the behalf of complete strangers; but it is appreciated. Thank you!
How do I get a VA nurse recognized for being awesome?
Yeah, VA can SUCK sometimes. I have a referral for ENT since last November, and community care still haven’t helped me get seen yet.
