Also, if they tell you the classic “Your case is in the decision phase” just ask if a rater has been assigned yet and that will tell you if your case is moving along. However, what I’ve experienced along with quite a few people on this chat thread is if you’ve verified that your case has made it past the QA stage with the PEB than it’s only a matter of time before they assign a rater to your case just be patient and call the VA once a week or so to check if a rater has been assigned. My case made it past QA and was sent to the VA to get proposed ratings on Sep 7th and they just assigned a rater to it on Oct 15th. Needless to say don’t waste your time calling the VA to see if a rater has been assigned if your case hasn’t even made it past the QA stage with the PEB yet because the VA is backed up on cases.