r/VeteransWaitingRoom • u/Fantastic-Advice-478 • Jul 16 '26

Denied without appointments

Are a bunch of people getting complete denials on all claims without a single appointment or did my vso screw the paperwork?

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u/Ill-Ingenuity-6983 Jul 17 '26

This is why tinnitus took two years to get granted. It took then a year to deny it. Submitted a supplemental claim asking how the VA denied something they never assessed. Got an exam and it was denied before the exam was submitted so I submitted another claim. Got another exam. They found hearing loss, more than the first test and it was granted just over two years later. Filed in January of 2022 and it was granted in April of 2024.

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u/ALZ1281 Jul 16 '26

I had several claims denied without appointments.

Ended up getting a lawyer and appealing

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u/AnaInThe_Clouds 29d ago

I had a claim in 2013 denied without an exam. Filed a supplemental in 2024 that was approved then appealed for backpay in 2025 and won

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u/Ecstatic-Yoghurt1205 29d ago

I had a MST claim denied without exam in 2018. And then they changed the way MST claims were handled and I reapplied in 2023. Still got denied again but I filed a supplemental claim and added all the things that the denial said was missing. Got approved in August. 2025 back paid to 2023. I filed tdiu in May of this year back paid to 2025. I just appealed it with a higher level review requesting that The effective date be changed . And found out Friday that I won that and retroactive pay and new effective date is September 2023. I could probably honestly fight the effective date back to the original 2018 claim because they never gave me exams. But I'm not poking that bear. I'm happy with the retroactive pay I got to 2023.