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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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In Part: "On April 23, 2013, Biersmith signed a contract with Logistics Health, Inc., to provide disability examinations for veterans to determine the extent of veterans’ impairments and eligibility for benefits. Initially those examinations were conducted by a licensed physician at IMC. When the physician left in July 2013, Biersmith directed Wayne W. Williamson, 74, of Kansas City, and another person to perform the examinations, although they were not authorized to do so under the contract with Logistics Health. Williamson was formerly a physician but lost his medical license due to an earlier fraud scheme and a narcotics distribution charg…
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per Scott Davis - whistleblower: http://www.disabledveterans.org/2017/04/21/whistleblower-asks-trump-to-fix-va-healthcare-backlog-purge-of-500000-claims/ I guess he means a total of all at the BVA, and AMC and all at the ROs????????? or maybe those vets who are still waiting to see a doctor????? Either way this is Disgraceful.
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I thought I'd ''seen it all at'' the VA This one takes the cake! I look for President Trump to be changing this stupid 30 day wait period firing a VA Federal employee to ''Your Fired'' Real Soon. https://www.va.gov/opa/pressrel/pressrelease.cfm?id=2876
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Durham VA addresses viral Facebook post showing long wait in emergency department Zachery Eanes Zachery Eanes Mar 3, 2017 Updated Mar 3, 2017 Durham VA Director Responds To Allegations Of Neglect Caused By Viral Photos by Staff Writer 13 · Published March 3, 2017 A basic search brings up dozens of articles about this but the only way to comment is by joining the organization that is publishing the story. I understand the n…
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I'm not advocating poitics, but if I'm gonna have someone fighting for Vet rights this gal is at the top. http://www.theblaze.com/video/final-thoughts-fighting-for-veterans-and-the-fair-treatment-they-deserve/
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The "Wall"
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Not the real Wall in DC...it is Beautiful but this is what I meant in my recent letter to President Trump as to how an independent review of the VA financial books could help pay for the Wall instead of Mexico: " "We found VBA improperly authorized 4,525 of 16,406 automated burial payments (about $2.8 million) from August 2014 through January 2015, including payments to spouses who weren’t on veterans’ records at the date of death or who were deceased, multiple payments, and payments to veterans who were still living. This occurred because VBA lacked controls, policies, procedures, and sufficient quality assurance reviews. If VBA does…
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http://www.disabledveterans.org/2017/02/03/louisiana-overton-brooks-vamc-director-removed/
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https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdmo/pr/former-physician-pleads-guilty-health-care-fraud-scheme FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, January 17, 2017 "Former Physician Pleads Guilty to Health Care Fraud Scheme KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a former Kansas City, Mo., physician who lost his medical license due to an earlier fraud scheme, pleaded guilty in federal court today to his role in a fraud scheme that involved disability examinations of veterans. Wayne W. Williamson, 74, of Kansas City, waived his right to a grand jury and pleaded guilty before U.S. District…
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The Army knew this new shooter was completely insane. This is why they kicked him out on a general discharge so they would not have to pay benefits. The VA must have known he was insane. He went to the FBI in Alaska and told them what he planned to do more or less and they decided he was not a threat. He believed the CIA was controlling him. He was having visions and hearing voices. Now to cover their neglect and total incompetence the forces of law and order are going to fit this guy up with a death sentence when he is clearly insane by any standard of judgement except Florida Court System and Federal Court System which does not even recognize paranoid schizophre…
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https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USVAOIG/bulletins/17b27d1
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Fox News this AM said a hospice patient at Hayden VAMC apparently died in a hallway and was found 9 hours later in a shower stall at the hospital. That's all I heard.....and I bet there will be more.It seemed the patient was moved into the shower after they died.
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http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/national/article118292888.html VA may have infected 600 veterans with HIV and Hepatitis
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