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        <title>VA back pay- confused</title>
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        <![CDATA[ Hi all!Here is the deal. &nbsp;I got out on March 28, 2011. &nbsp;The VA claim says it was open on March 29,2011. &nbsp;Today I&nbsp;received&nbsp;my letter finally. &nbsp; &nbsp;It says I am 90%. &nbsp;The part that confuses me is it says "effective date- December 2011". &nbsp;What does this effective date mean? &nbsp;Does my back pay go from March 29 or December? &nbsp;If it is December, any idea why? &nbsp;They had everything they needed since March 29 so I am not sure why it would go from... ]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Re: VA back pay- confused ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Bennieday wrote: Submitted my claim 31 may 2011, got a decision on 29 march 2013 with a rating of 70% for PTSD alone. My papers say effective date of dec2012. How is this calculated. And how long is it typically taking to recieve the backpay, or will I e...<br /><a href="http://vets.yuku.com/reply/703256/VA-back-pay-confused#reply-703256">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[  Submitted my claim 31 may 2011, got a decision on 29 march 2013 with a rating of 70% for PTSD alone. My papers say effective date of dec2012. How is this calculated. And how long is it typically taking to recieve the backpay, or will I even get any back...<br /><a href="http://vets.yuku.com/reply/703128/VA-back-pay-confused#reply-703128">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ LRRP143 wrote:The December 2011 date is when the new COLA rates went into effect.  Don't get this confused with your date of claim.  Your retro pay should go back to March 2011.Good I hope so. I certainly could use it, I have some debt from the last year....<br /><a href="http://vets.yuku.com/reply/562372/VA-back-pay-confused#reply-562372">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ Rotor Head wrote:&nbsp; Somewhere on the letter it should break it down.&nbsp; Mine used to be really confusing because of my dependents ages.&nbsp; So if you do the retro pay math, you should see all the months from date of claim.&nbsp; Remember before D...<br /><a href="http://vets.yuku.com/reply/562371/VA-back-pay-confused#reply-562371">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ So you are saying I will get back pay at a certain rate from March 2011 (when claim was open) until December 2011 when rates changed and then from December 2011-April 2012 when claim was closed?Sorry if I sound stupid. &nbsp;This has been such a long, lon...<br /><a href="http://vets.yuku.com/reply/562370/VA-back-pay-confused#reply-562370">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ &nbsp; Somewhere on the letter it should break it down.&nbsp; Mine used to be really confusing because of my dependents ages.&nbsp; So if you do the retro pay math, you should see all the months from date of claim.&nbsp; Remember before December 2011, the...<br /><a href="http://vets.yuku.com/reply/562082/VA-back-pay-confused#reply-562082">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ The December 2011 date is when the new COLA rates went into effect.  Don't get this confused with your date of claim.  Your retro pay should go back to March 2011. ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ Jantz wrote:Hi all!Here is the deal. &nbsp;I got out on March 28, 2011. &nbsp;The VA claim says it was open on March 29,2011. &nbsp;Today I&nbsp;received&nbsp;my letter finally. &nbsp; &nbsp;It says I am 90%. &nbsp;The part that confuses me is it says "ef...<br /><a href="http://vets.yuku.com/reply/562065/VA-back-pay-confused#reply-562065">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ Hi all!Here is the deal. &nbsp;I got out on March 28, 2011. &nbsp;The VA claim says it was open on March 29,2011. &nbsp;Today I&nbsp;received&nbsp;my letter finally. &nbsp; &nbsp;It says I am 90%. &nbsp;The part that confuses me is it says "effective date...<br /><a href="http://vets.yuku.com/topic/74732/VA-back-pay-confused">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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