os_evt_get() is always returning 0

I have two tasks running one for the GUI and one for a global counter. The GUI task is called when ever there is a button input. The global counter task called task_timer_handler is called from a function call in the GUI task if a button was pressed in a specific state. The event is getting set and the global counter task is getting called, but when I use the os_evt_get() function I'm always getting 0x0000 back. I don't understand what I'm doing wrong.

__task void task_agui_handler(void)

{
        OS_RESULT       result;


        initialize_user_io();            // initializes the encoder interrupt


        while(1)
        {
                result = os_evt_wait_and(0x1,0xFFFF);    // result gets 0x02 value of waiting indefinitly for any 0x000F events to occur  (any first 4 bits 1)

                switch(result)           //  result is OS_R_EVT = 0x02
                {
                        case OS_R_EVT:                          // if result is 0x02, event occurred\ 
                                agui_handler(agui);
                                break;
                        case OS_R_TMO:     // code should never get here (time out occurred during wait for event)
                                break;
                        default:                  // code should never get here
                                break;


                }


        os_tsk_pass();    // allows tasks of same priority level to run coop.
        }

}


__task void task_timer_handler(void)
{
        OS_RESULT result;
        U16 event_flags;
        int rotations;

        while(1)
        {
                result = os_evt_wait_or(0x0003,0xFFFF);

                switch(result)           //  result is OS_R_EVT = 0x02
                {
                        case OS_R_EVT:                          // if result is 0x02, event occurred\ 
                                event_flags = os_evt_get();

                                if((event_flags & 0x0002) == 0x0002)
                                {
                                        fast_count = 1;
                                        rotations = 0;
                                }

                                break;
                        case OS_R_TMO:     // code should never get here (time out occurred during wait for event)
                                break;
                        default:                  // code should never get here
                                break;


                }


        os_tsk_pass();    // allows tasks of same priority level to run coop.
        }
}

This is the part of the function that calls the timer_handler_task

        else if(cur_obj->state == ACTION_STATE_CHANGE)
                {
                        if((HMI_inputs >> 7) == 1)          // count up
                        {
                                state->x = 0;
                                state->y = 0;
                                state->buttons = BUTTON_INC;
                                state->relative = TRUE;
                                os_evt_set(0x0002,task_ids[TIMER_TASK]);
                        }
                        else if((HMI_inputs >> 6) == 1) // count down
                        {
                                state->x = 0;
                                state->y = 0;
                                state->buttons = BUTTON_DEC;
                                state->relative = TRUE;
                                os_evt_set(0x0002,task_ids[TIMER_TASK]);
                        }
                        else if((HMI_inputs >> 5) == 1) // encoder button
                        {
                                state->x = 0; //cur_obj.x;
                                state->y = 0; //cur_obj.y;
                                state->buttons = BUTTON_ENCODER;
                                state->relative = TRUE;
                        }
                        return TRUE;
                }