Issue resolved - it appears to have been related to the correlation unit not able to talk to the log server (all on one box and was a separate issue being investigated)
we have a log aggregator puling logs using lea cleartext on custom port 18185 and sending it to arcsight SIEM.
And then Correlation unit was not able to connect on 18184 using ssl.
so after changing lea to auth port 18184, reinstalling the database then evstop/evstart it was able to connect which fixed 2 issues for me.. so now I can see accept/allowed traffic in reports.. both lea clear text and ssl is working which is a bonus also.
Was weird that it was showing blocked/drop traffic but not allow/accept when the correlation unit cannot connect..
anyways.. all good. thanks