Honestly , those status updates on ebenefits don ' t mean much . VBA uses an internal system to track and manage cases . The internal system and ebenefits don ' t communicate very effectively . The status you see on ebenefits might change just because some timer for a piece of evidence or a due process letter expired . An actual person might review your case and determine that it needs X before it is rated and the status you see on ebenefits could change back and forth a dozen times . Having said that , once the rating is complete you will typically be able to see percentages and service connection on ebenefits a few days before the rating decision arrives in the mail . <| sep |> A long time ago , when me and my friends were all in the 12 and under league , they did a regional and somehow had a good enough turnout of kids to actually have 6 rounds of Swiss . I went 06 , got 20 ' d every time . I blame it on both my lack of skill in both deckbuilding and decisionmaking as well as my lack of funds . My parents sure as hell weren ' t dropping $ 100 on singles for me to play Yugioh .