Do You Have A Va Horror Story?

[Cruinthe]

My story is over at vawatchdog due to my VARO sending me a VCAA regarding a "menstrual disorder". I am male, and I am service-connected for prostatitis.

The Fox news editor asked me if I know of anyone else with VA horror stories. Now is our time to stand up and be counted, people.

Mail me glennmcbride@gmail.com for more info.

[iraqrecall]

I work for a VAMC, and we're not all bad, some of us bust our ass to help. Please just remember that like any place with humans as employees there will be problems, I am not defending their actions, just saying that there are some of us who try to make the VA the best it can be.

Folks up in LA VA Hospital are great. Most at Lafayette are good.

Doctor blew off my persistant cough,( Just got back from Balad Iraq and burn pits), which was later found to be polyps on my vocal cord. Was only found two or three month later because of a sinutius C&P. Forutunatly it was not cancer.

[SLEDGE]

woodenturkey,

Here we have discussed many SSOC's, decisions, ratings etc. that have to originate somewhere in the VA.

My SSOC's and decisions have always been seriously flawed, adding at least 20 years to the claims process.

My representative told me not to do any horror stories 'yet'.

Are we talking about records, medical decisions, RO paperwork or fill in the blanks?

I can dictate my stories and submitt them at a future date.

Have you ever seen one, at the office, that got screwed-up instead of doing it right the first time, obviously on purpose?

I know what retaliation is like and I'm not looking for any particular veteran's paperwork or any particular VA employee.

I can't believe so much 'stupid' could exist in one organization without looking for idiots during the hiring process.

I know several dedicated VA employees who do everything at their very best for every veteran and I'm sure I have not met all of the good folks yet.

If the veteran could participate in the adjudication process, in the first instance,

the veteran could help correct errors before any decision is applied.

sledge

[deltaj]

I suppose the worse thing that happend is when my operation went bad and I ened up in the hospital six months for an operation that was only suppose to last a couple hours, and then go home in a few hours.. instead I am now crippled with the necratizing pancreatitis.. but, there was a chance this would happen, and it happened, so I am not sure it's anyone fault,, except that my injury started when on active duty many years ago.. because of chemical exposure and illness...

Oh yeah, when I was complaining about having the severe pain for many years, I then felt a very large mass.. nad it was pushing out of my stomach area under the ribs, and not only could I see the huge bulge, but it felt like I swallowed a softball and it was trying ot break out like in the alien movies.. the docotrs said they could not detect anything there even with their hands.. the next year.. it turned out to be a massive cyst on my pancreas.. 8 cm in size, pushing on my duodenum.. stomach, and intestines.. that was what led to the operation story above this paragraph.. which they finally acknowledged when the Cat Scan showed the massive cyst..

the next thing is having had I am HIV positive in my medical records when I am not HIV positive,, it's just they kept testing me and losing the tests,, then soemone entered that I have it in my medical records.. when in fact I am not HIV positive..

The VA hospital and nurses, and doctors have treated me very good..

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[Pete53]

Woodenturkey:

Thank you for your comments and yes the VA has many who work to help Veterans. In three years the Dallas VAMC has become a much more Vet friendly place than it was before.I have noticed that the VA employees stop and ask Veterans if they can give them directions and a couple of times I have been escorted to where I wanted to go although in a different direction than the person was coming from. I appreciate the efforts made to take one of the worse and make it better.

Keep in mind that most who come here are here cause they are very unhappy with the VA so there will be a lot of remarks made that could offend anyone who is pro VA or works for VA.

All I can say is please continue to do your best to help Veterans and soon there will be a lot fewer threads than now.

The VA has no excuse for the delays of processing claims and the large number of poorly done claims it puts out.I also think that if the VA would deal directly with their problems we would all be better off.

Managers who can't manage should be demoted back to something that they can do correctly