Filed my claim back in November after getting diagnosed in October. Still sitting in limbo waiting for them to schedule the C&P exam. Talked to another vet at my oncology clinic yesterday and he said his took almost a year from filing to first payment.
I'm Stage II pleural, got surgery done in December at UCSD. I've got solid documentation from my time at Camp Lejeune 1978 to 1982, barracks were full of asbestos insulation in the walls and ceilings, and I was also on the USS Iwo Jima for two years so that's double exposure right there. Plus my old medical records show the cough started showing up in my records from way back, so the timeline lines up.
Anyone else dealing with the VA on a meso claim right now? What's the actual wait time looking like in 2025. I'm not trying to complain just trying to figure out if I should be expecting this to take months or what. Need to know what I'm dealing with financially while I'm going through treatment.