Filed a VA Claim?

Just curious - how many of you have actually filed a VA disability claim? Mine has been "floating out there somewhere" for over a year now. Yesterday, when I called their 800 number to track down my status and ended up talking to the NY rep (the 800 number locks you into physically where you called from). They couldn't transfer me to the NJ people and no office gives out direct numbers. After repeatedly bothering them, they gave me a number which worked out to someone that never answered their phone. I went to the VA homepage and called the numbers they have listed for NJ facilities. One was no longer in service and the other was answered by a different government agency. The only number that worked was for VA counseling who didn't work claims. But I was able to find a nice gentlemen that "knew a guy" that would look for my claim. All of this follows the hassle I had to go through to get Georgia to release my packet to New Jersey after I'd moved - that took place almost four months after the fact!

So a year later, the best thing I have is "a guy" asking about my claim in proxy.

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