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responsible for the daily operations of your VA.
"This country is capable of drafting you, putting you in
boot camp, teaching you to kill someone,
and then putting you in a war zone within six months.
So, why can't they process a claim that fast?"
responsible for the daily operations of your VA.
"This country is capable of drafting you, putting you in
boot camp, teaching you to kill someone,
and then putting you in a war zone within six months.
So, why can't they process a claim that fast?"
VAWatchdog Today
Women Veterans Task Force Draft Plan Released
VA Seeks Public Comment on Strategies
Miami-Dade County creates board to take care of military veterans
Commissioners agreed to create a board to oversee the affairs of military veterans, some of whom said they need more support when they return home.
Veterans Swelling Ranks of NY's New Homeless
In Nassau and Suffolk counties - as in most of New York - the chronically homeless strain the resources of social-service providers. They are joined by new faces lately, and many are veterans of the two overseas wars.
Brain Ailments in Veterans Likened to Those in Athletes
Scientists who have studied a degenerative brain disease in athletes have found the same condition in combat veterans exposed to roadside bombs in Iraq and Afghanistan, concluding that such explosions injure the brain in ways strikingly similar to punishing tackles and knockout punches.
North Carolina Veterans...
I'm seeking veterans in the Charlotte area who may have experienced a delay in getting mental health care. For that matter, I'd like to hear from any vet in that neighborhood who has a problem with scheduling any care, whether for mental or physical health appointments. If you've had a problem, we want to talk to you about it.
Email me at <TheVAWatchdog@Gmail.com>
Thanks!
Jim
Poll: Veterans Favor Obama Over Romney ‘By As Much As Seven Points’
The shift in support could stem in part from the fact that Romney has no specific plan to address veterans’ issues.
It Can Be Done: Suing The Veterans Administration
Jeffrey A. Milman, Esq. Founding Partner at Hodes-Milman-Lieback
VA - OIG Inspection of the VA Regional Office Los Angeles, California
Hey California Vets: It's business as usual at your VA Regional Office in Los Angeles...
(The VARO) lacked accuracy in processing some disability claims. VARO staff did not accurately process 54 (60 percent) of 90 disability claims we sampled as part of our inspection.
The VARO lacked effective controls and accuracy in processing some disability claims. Staff used insufficient medical examination reports to process traumatic brain injury claims.
Further, errors in herbicide exposure-related disability claims occurred because staff incorrectly interpreted policy.
VARO management did not ensure staff properly processed mail, or accurately addressed Gulf War veterans’ entitlement to mental health treatment.
Further, inadequate monitoring of corrective actions on prematurely closed claims and lack of management controls over the processing of oldest pending claims resulted in significant delays.
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Veterans United For Truth - The Current Newsletter
We have learned—and proven—that the VA cannot be trusted to tell us or Congress the truth. At a time when the VA was publicly reporting only 790 veteran suicide attempts in all of 2007, this lawsuit revealed for the first time an internal email from VA’s head of mental health that quietly cautioned, “Shh!...Our suicide prevention coordinators are identifying about 1,000 suicide attempts per month…Is this something we should (carefully) address...before someone stumbles on it?”
VA - OIG Investigation, Improper Contracts, Conflict of Interest, Failure to Follow Policy, and Lack of Candor, Denver
An administrative investigation found that a VHA Senior Official engaged in improper contracting activities when she instructed her subordinates to issue sole-source task orders to one specific contractor and in a conflict of interest when she failed to maintain an arm’s-length relationship with two VA contractors. She also violated VA policy when she sent VA contract proprietary information to her personal home computer and when she emailed a VA OIG draft audit report to one of the contractors about 1 month prior to her program office awarding them a task order that was consistent with the audit report. Further, she did not testify freely and honestly concerning her relationship to contractors and her involvement in the decision to award and administer the task orders. The investigation also disclosed that a VHA Senior Contracting Officer did not comply with Federal Acquisition Regulations pertaining to orders placed against Federal Supply Schedule contracts.
Divorce In Military Families – How It’s Different & What You Need To Know
TRICARE - Health Care for Service Members and Others
What Do I Need to Know about the Federal Electronic Benefits Rules?
A Servicemembers Guide to Student Loan Interest Rates
Jim's Mailbag
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Obama targeting veterans for votes
Military Looks To Redefine PTSD, Without Stigma
Georgia veterans concerned over fees for staying in state homes
Veterans for Obama
VA Director Dave Fletcher resigns
VA Guardianship Under Fire
There has been no progress in the VA fiduciary system since the CAVC issued a scathing report in its Freeman decision. In this case, a lawyer accused of wrongdoing by the state simply shifted his troubles to a safe harbor...the VA fiduciary program. This way he can continue to plunder the finances of the veteran and nobody will notice. The Fiduciary Process.
The system is broken
"Overwhelmingly, the VA is not efficient in meeting the veterans needs"
Is anyone paying attention? The only praise for any VA program today comes, not surprisingly, from within the VA's massive and well funded PR department. Oh, and the Veterans Service Organizations that march to the beat of the VA drum. They won't dare criticize, they may lose their funding.
VA 'black hole' in Oakland is an atrocity
The regional office of the Department of Veterans Affairs has earned that nefarious moniker from California veterans who must deal with it. Not only is the office far slower than the national average in handling claims, when it finally does get around to doing something, its accuracy rate is abysmal.
Huntington man sentenced for theft of government benefits and military fraud
Officials file motion to intervene in suit over same-sex military benefits
VA increases research on women’s health issues
Helping survivors of military sexual trauma
Hunting Navy Veterans fugitive Bobby Thompson, U.S. marshals play name game — and win
Military courts urged to weigh veterans' stress
Special court programs handle veterans in trouble
Oregon veteran seeks Supreme Court review of divorce court allocation of his disability pay
Military marriages show a surprising level of resilience
Are we doing enough for our veterans? A Q&A with Jim Webb
Burr Reorganization Bill Would Put Veterans’ Health Care First
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