I'm not sure if I'm explaining myself well, sorry. That's the part I'm waiting to hear back on, which communication was right: This person saying that my claim was denied three months ago or the persons throughout the last three months saying it's open and still being reviewed.

If they just look in the system to see the status, there would be no reason for anyone I've spoken to in the past three months to tell me my claim is still pending determination if the determination was already made months prior unless it takes months for their system to show that. That's why I'm confused and hope they'll shed some light on where the disconnect is.

As of now, my claim still says pending in the system and the letter they sent isn't a determination from now, it's the determination this person said they made three months ago (and they dated it three months ago) as if the communications I had with the DOL over the past three months never happened. I want that cleared up first. If they say the people I've been communicating with recently were mistaken and my claim wasn't under review, then I'll address the determination.

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Oh, also, I asked about someone jumping the gun because the date they said the determination letter was sent was in the middle of when I was still sending/receiving the questionnaires and documentation. That's why I was wondering if there might have been someone who maybe handled one or two documents received in the mail and made a determination based on it not realizing someone else was still sending and receiving other documents from me via the post as well as online.

Everything I've received in the mail, via email, and in my account throughout the process stated my claim was pending from beginning to now, so I just want to be sure this denial letter I never got that's only being mentioned and sent now isn't a mistake before I accept it as the intended determination by appealing it.