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REPUBLICAN PRESS RELEASE
May 16, 2008
Burr Calls For IG Investigation At Temple, Texas
VA Medical Center
Veterans deserve accurate medical diagnoses on
PTSD
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Richard Burr, ranking member on the U.S.
Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, today called on the Office of the
Inspector General (IG) at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to
investigate practices related to the diagnosis of Post-Traumatic Stress
Disorder (PTSD) at VA's Temple, Texas medical center. Senator Burr made
the request along with Chairman Daniel Akaka (D-Hawaii) today. The request
is to ensure that the recently revealed email from a staff member at the
Temple VA medical center did not influence the type of diagnoses given to
veterans.
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"The hardworking VA staff is tasked with making a
fair and honest assessment of a veteran's health when the veteran seeks
treatment," Burr said. "It is troubling if even one person at VA would
encourage other employees to make anything other than a completely honest
health assessment of our veterans. These allegations are serious
 and
we need to make sure this is an isolated incident. VA needs to make sure
all veterans at the Temple facility have received and continue to receive
the best care possible."
The Inspector General's office is an independent organization tasked with
ensuring investigating waste, fraud, and abuse. The senators have asked
the IG to review PTSD diagnoses at the Temple facility and any benefits
claims affected by those diagnoses. When the investigation is complete,
the IG will provide a report containing its assessment of the incident and
recommendations on how VA can fix any existing problems.
"Veterans must be able to trust those charged with giving them care and
benefits. I look forward to the Inspector General's report and expect VA
to review all disability claims that may have been influenced as a result
of this incident."
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