Va Claim Says Secondary Action Required

Thanks in advance for any input.

Va claim says secondary action required. Has anyone ever had a secondary action required for their claim and what was it for. Claim labels are required by Share upon claims establishment. Basically its referring to the VA interacting with a contractor. Request 5 says Secondary Action Required but has no info on what it is.

Secondary service-connected claims and requests for increase in rating are the most prevalent types of claims VA receives for compensation. The packet includes details of the decision or award. This is called secondary service connection. Today it disappeared and I went to PFD phase.

Youll see the date we think well complete our review and view evidence youve filed online and any additional evidence weve requested from you. I was told an internal VA secondary action was past due but they couldnt tell me what it was. Request 7 is interesting. When I noticed my status had changed negatively I contacted the VA 1-800- and was told I needed to provide evidence on the secondary conditions the VA had identified.

No action is required from the veteran. Secondary Action Required No longer needed Any idea what this means. Claim labels exist to ultimately take the place of 3rd digit modifiers distinguish between different claim types in the same EP and denote jurisdiction in others. Claim level suspense reasons not automatically generated must be properly updated to indicate the pending claim action.

Disabled veterans are eligible for VA disability benefits and can use the VA Claims Insider service connected disabilities list which lists 833 possible VA disabilities and is a comprehensive VA disability claims list derived from my eBenefits. Also known as the benefit claim type the claim label is the English language description of an End Product EP. Often a service-connected condition will result in a disability or disease that was not incurred in service but because the service connected condition caused it VA will also pay a benefit. Check your VA claim status or VA appeal status online to find out where your claim or appeal is in our review process.

Also it still shows my claim is in the Gathering of Evidence stage and my estimated completion date jumped from the end of February to Novemeber. During the VSOs review they identified several 8 secondary conditions to my existing claim based on the review of my file. Secondary Action RequiredSecond Signature My claim recently had some movement it has shifted to the Preparation for Decision stage and has two requests listed one for secondary action required and the other for second signature. Learn more about the Claims Process.

The person I spoke to at the 800 number wa sunable to tell me what the request was actually for. Documents uploaded here may not be available to the VA for 24 hours. This is a first for me and Ive filed several claims. Then a final determination is made and a claim decision packet will be mailed to you.

Please allow standard mailing time for your packet to arrive before contacting a VA call center. Once it is determined that all necessary evidence has been received the claim receives a review and a final rating decision is recommended. Last updated August 21 2017. For whatever reason someone thought it was a good idea to show veterans how the sausage is made behind the scenes without giving them context.

In order to qualify for VA benefits by law a veteran must first have an honorable or other than honorable discharge. Naturally I called Peggy. The VA has sent a decision packet to you by US. Which ultimately just causes confusion and worry.

If you are using DAV as your appointed representative they will review the recommendation and return it to the VA.