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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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http://www.justice.gov/usao/aln/News/March%202015/March%2012,%202015%20VA.html
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This is where the story gets really interesting, and it centers around whether VA policy and federal law defines Jack as a service dog or an emotional support animal. http://www.aol.com/article/2015/03/12/va-clinic-turns-away-veteran-because-of-service-dog/21152707/?icid=maing-grid7|main5|dl12|sec1_lnk2%26pLid%3D626929&ncid=txtlnkusaolp00000058
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AND she makes 70k a year to make light of Veterans issues.. now that's the joke. http://www.indystar.com/story/news/politics/2015/03/09/va-managers-email-mocks-veteran-suicides/24602495/
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Pay Back Time? 1 2
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In part: " WASHINGTON — Senators on Tuesday filed a bill that would allow the VA secretary to recoup bonuses paid to employees involved in manipulating patient wait-time records. The measure is being introduced just one day after legislation passed a House vote that would allow the secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs the ability to take back bonus money of senior executives for their role in manipulating wait times or other wrongdoing." http://www.stripes.com/news/veterans/senate-follows-house-with-bill-to-reclaim-va-bonuses-1.332620 WOW, didnt expect this to happen........ Minutes ago I read in our local news that our town tax clerk (who had been…
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I have to personally request each month my morphine that i have been taking for 20 years. For February, I started my usual monthly request for my morphine refills January 30th. They never came, but they sometimes let time slip, in fact they let it slip so bad they now refill on the 2nd week of the month when it all is suppose to be the 1st of every month. Not it is slipping a day each month later. They refuse to make it the 1st of every month, as they just let it slip. Then, apparently my primary doctor's nurse at the VA must have went on vacation, there was a fill in nurse. She never forwarded all of my requests to my doctors, so he never sent the refills. They always s…
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http://www.disabledveterans.org/2015/02/25/wisconsin-va-opioid-scandal-hits-national-news/
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In 2012, VA OIG found 14,000 informal veterans’ claims jammed in a cabinet at the Oakland Regional Office. Management at the Oakland Regional Office then lost those 14,000 informal claims after being notified, according to a recent follow up VA OIG audit." http://www.disabledveterans.org/2015/02/23/oakland-regional-office-lost-14000-veterans-claims/
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ptsd 60 Fired ?
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This was on Fox News TV recently and now is in the press: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/fact-checker/wp/2015/02/18/no-the-va-has-not-fired-60-people-for-manipulating-wait-time-data/ --also the nut case who killed Chris Kyle is getting VA Benefits ( probably for PTSD) http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2958739/Eddie-Ray-Routh-received-30-000-government-benefits-shooting-dead-American-Sniper-continues-2-800-month.html (PTSD my ass) On CNN last night ( Grace or Drew shows) they said apparently he got his VA award (or the retro) after he was arrested for this murder.
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1-800-827-1000 In Part "Recently obtained VA documents show that in 2014, 55 percent of calls never got through to a representative. And, so far in 2015, that number is even higher, at 59 percent. http://www.abc15.com/news/local-news/investigations/va-scandal-majority-of-calls-to-benefits-hotline-are-blocked-dont-get-through-to-a-representative
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Va History 1 2
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1923 - Charles R. Forbes, VB (VA) head, resigned his post after serious fraud and corruption came to light. President Harding, physically choked Forbes, and eventually appointed Frank Hines as the head of the Veteran’s Bureau. 1945 - President Truman accepted the resignation of Hines, when the press discovered overworked and understaffed VA hospitals resulted in poor care. Hines was replaced by Omar Bradley. A VA Facility in Chicago is still named after Hines. 1955 - Congress empaneled a commission to help streamline the executive branch. They found massive waste and incompetence at VA hospitals, with wait times three times that of non VA hospitals. (Sound F…
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Wow land meant for homeless VET went elsewhere except for the homelessness.And they are saying no to helping out the VET.CA is out for the rich and famous.What a shame the way they act out there.
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Coffman, an Army veteran, did not respond at the hearing. But said in a statement later that he could tell McDonald a few things he hasn't done. "I have never run a federal agency that tolerates corruption the way the VA has. I've never built a hospital that's years behind schedule and hundreds of millions over budget. And I've never been a shill for inept bureaucrats who allowed American heroes to die on a medical waiting list," he said. HA- good answer! http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/02/11/va-secretary-asks-iraq-war-veteran-what-have-done/?intcmp=latestnews
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