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VA Scandals
Shreddergate and other scandals
On the 13th of October, 2008, VA Watchdog dot Org broke the story about documents found in shredder bins at the VA's Detroit Regional Office.
A number of those documents were critical to veterans' disability claims.
As the story unfolded, VA finally began to release information on the incident and we learned that more than one Regional Office was involved in this shredder scandal.
The VA's Office of Inspector General (VAOIG) is investigating.
VA has instituted new guidelines regarding handling of documents.
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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (KNWA) - UPDATE: "The VA Town Hall meeting will be on Sunday, July 9 at 11 a.m., and it will be located at the Veterans Health Care System of the Ozarks, according to Wanda Shull, the public affairs officer with the VA. "The town hall is being held with the goal of ensuring Veterans, their families, and beneficiaries are provided with the most current information; and have their concerns addressed by senior VHSO officials. VHSO will also be joined by representatives from the Veterans Benefits Administration to help answer any related benefits questions Veterans may have," the news release states." https://www.nwahomepage.com/news/update…
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Opening from VISN 6 Director: "Today’s VA is vastly different than the VA in which I started more than 34 years ago. Let’s think about the late ’80s. America experienced an age of peace after Vietnam, when our men and women were rarely called to fight opposition or aggression. The Cold War was winding down and Desert Storm came with a fury and ended just as quickly. VA offered health care to eligible Veterans, mostly from the World Wars and Korean conflict, and our Vietnam Veteran population was increasing. The quantity of patients we cared for was considered stable. Health care was more long-term. Hospitals sometimes kept patients for months while they recovered fro…
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https://www.disabledveterans.org/2018/08/14/getting-fired-va-secretary-wilkie-demotes-orourke-revokes-years-of-agency-delegations-impacting-terminations/ Yippee!
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https://ta105.infusionsoft.com/app/linkClick/58608/db0217657fa732aa/19785430/b4672e7d6aa8292b
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https://www.ozarksfirst.com/news/va-treating-doctors-misdiagnosis-like-a-national-emergency/1250464791 The call numbers are now working. 1-866-388-5428 or 1-479-582-7995- and they have gotten many calls already. Any veteran or survivor of a veteran who gets this letter from VA needs to get a complete copy of their medical records, if they dont already have a copy- The VAMC in Arkansas should have a Records Access Officer with a short form you can use- Survivors- I forgot what I needed to prove I was the survivor of my husband to get his records, maybe just the death certificate.
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A dear departed friend of Hadit and the Hadit Podcast Crewmemner Mike Sasser AKA Stretch, used the Fayetteville VA. He had a host of health issues. He passed away a few years ago.Fast foreward to present time and his widow gets a letter stating he was on a list. This list was a list of veterans that a Pathologist didnt inform veterans of cancer diagnosis. Jerrel and I talked Stretch to seek care outside of the VA where he found out he had lung cancer at Stage 4. He passed away a few months later. He was a true friend, Co Host and Radio Technician and to see this happen angers me to no end. https://5newsonline.com/2018/06/18/review-announced-after-pathologist-found-…
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Outrageous
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https://www.disabledveterans.org/2018/06/16/va-employee-identity-theft
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https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USVAOIG/bulletins/1f72250
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https://www.militarytimes.com/veterans/2018/06/04/report-vets-still-face-long-waits-with-va-choice-program/
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https://www.disabledveterans.org/2018/04/06/veterans-affairs-doctor-fired-sexually-molesting-veterans/ Utterly disgusting.....
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"Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, January 23, 2018 Former Department of Veterans Affairs Employee Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud and Bribery A former Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) official pleaded guilty today to charges of wire fraud and bribery for orchestrating a scheme to steal more than $66,000 in benefit money from the VA for veterans in need. Acting Assistant Attorney General John P. Cronan of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division made the announcement. Russel M. Ware, 39, of Upper Marlboro, Ma…
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And if so, did you recover well from it? http://www.disabledveterans.org/2017/12/04/negligent-va-hiring-bankrupt-brain-surgeon/?inf_contact_key=a0e14e3f943e53930f41412417a8b7d3e3ba489e15f277605f1bb1e843915ca
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