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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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DURHAM, N.C. -- Two Durham VA Medical Center employees were placed on administrative leave for allegedly engaging in inappropriate scheduling practices, the Department of Veterans Affairs announced Monday. An audit team will be at the hospital this week to review the allegations. "If the allegations are true, the inappropriate behavior is unacceptable and employees will be held accountable." http://www.veooz.com/news/pHB2KLb.html
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VA chief places hospital director on leave (USA Today) Amid allegations by a retired doctor of up to 40 patients deaths because of delay in medical care at a Phoenix VA hospital, Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki Thursday placed the hospital director and two other officials on administrative leave pending a full investigation. http://www.usatoday.com/story/nation/2014/05/01/va-veterans-phoenix-shinseki-delay-health-deaths/8578359/
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"Events costs taxpayers more than $6 million while federal workers took free massages, limo rides, helicopter tours and Rockettes show tickets UPDATED 0:37 AM EDT, OCTOBER 4, 2012 | BY JOHN SOLOMON Its budget and facilities already stretched thin, the Veterans Affairs Department wasted money on two summertime training conferences to the vacation hot spot of Orlando, Fla., that cost taxpayers more than $6 million and let federal employees collect freebie gifts like meals, helicopter tours, limo rides, massages and show tickets from contractors, an internal investigation has found." The VA's inspector general concluded top agency officials failed to be good stewards of…
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http://www.nbcwashington.com/investigations/Veterans-Affairs-Scrutinized-Over-Rehiring-Employee-After-Fatal-Incident--253275011.html Nothing surprises me these days. pr
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"Veterans Support Group Director Gets 30 Months For Stealing Veteran's Identity FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 21, 2014 Richard M. Gordon, 65, of Philadelphia, PA, was sentenced today to 30 months in prison for conversion of government property. Gordon implemented a scheme to steal from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) by using another veteran’s identity to obtain unauthorized healthcare benefits and to receive a VA non-service connected disability pension. For over seven and a half years, defendant Gordon continuously defrauded the VA, and ultimately converted more than $178,000 in government healthcare benefits and pension payments that he knew he …
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http://watchdog.org/133359/veterans-affairs-minnesota/ They could have hired some real doctors with that cash. Or RO employees who can read. Better yet hire some BVA lawyers as sattelite BVAs and put them into ROs. If VA was a private business, they would be backrupt by now.
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It just keeps getting worse as more and more information comes to the surface. Employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) destroyed veterans’ medical files in a systematic attempt to eliminate backlogged veteran medical exam requests, a former VA employee told The Daily Caller. Audio from a November 2008 meeting obtained by TheDC depicts VA Greater Los Angeles officials plotting to cancel backlogged exam requests. “I’m still canceling orders from 2001,” said a male official in the meeting. “Anything over a year old should be canceled,” replied a female official. “Canceled or scheduled?” asked the male official. “Canceled. … Your backlog should start …
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http://news.msn.com/us/senate-blocks-dems-bill-boosting-vets-benefits Doo doo keeps stacking up Interesting read on benefits and where we stand
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Check out this liar. http://www.navytimes.com/article/20140226/BENEFITS04/302260029?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
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This is scandalous. The VA is attempting to really screw the veterans over. VA_Notice_10-31-2013.pdf BM_Comments_VA_Rule_12-30-2013.pdf VFW_Oral_Testimony_HVAC_02-05-2014.pdf VFW_Comments_12-30-2013.pdf
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"Jamestown nurse pleads guilty to conspiring to distribute oxycodone FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 27, 2014 (In part) BUFFALO, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Samilyn Olson, 47, of Jamestown, N.Y., pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute oxycodone before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. The charge carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison and a $1,000,000 fine." http://www.justice.gov/usao/nyw/press/press_releases/2014/jan/Samilyn_Olson.html
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MOORE COUNTY, N.C. (WTVD) -- Navy veteran Sylvester Woodland said he couldn't believe what he was seeing Wednesday night when he logged onto the Veteran Affairs' E-Benefits website. http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/html5/video?id=9396431&pid=null§ion=null "It gave me a different person's name, each and every time I came back," Woodland said. At first I thought it was just a glitch, but the more I thought about it, I said, wait a minute, this is more than a glitch, this is a breach." Woodland was on the VA's E-Benefits website trying to track down his own history for a bank loan. Instead, windows kept popping up displaying other veterans' medical and financial informa…
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