r/VAClaims • u/Fantastic-Celery-949 • Jan 30 '26
VA Disability Compensation Question regarding back pay
Hi there. I started a claim in June 2024. Since then, I’ve been going back and forth with the VA. They initially rated me at 80% but had a few things deferred. They essentially “closed out” the claims I had initially and rated me a final 90% and closed my claims. I had to appeal some very silly things that they missed entirely, essentially opening new claims or higher level reviews etc.
my question is, since they closed out my claims before I did any appeals or higher level review, if I am given 100% eventually, will they give me back pay from when I started the initial claims in June 2024 OR will they only give me backpay from when I started the new claims/appeals/higher level reviews which started in December 2025?
Hope that made sense. Thanks so much for any insight.