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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.disabledveterans.org/2017/11/28/gao-report-veterans-affairs-bad-doctors/ “GAO Report: Veterans Affairs Fails To Report 90% Of Bad Doctors And Other Healthcare Workers” https://www.gao.gov/assets/690/688378.pdf This is exactly what I wrote to President Trump and Secretary Shulkin about months ago, referring them to what I had told former H VAC Chairman Jeff Miller in 2014, with direct quotes from the most recent GAO report at that time. Maybe this is what the email I got from the White was about. They probably got this report the same week I got the mail from them “Thank you for contacting the White House. We are carefully review…
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I thought I posted this here last week but guess not. Fox News got on it and Chairman Miller was interviewed at FOX yesterday about it, but I missed whatever he said... “VA OIG was unable to conclusively determine if those 307,000 claims were also waiting for health care benefits." https://www.disabledveterans.org/2015/09/04/300000-veterans-may-have-died-waiting-for-care/ They dont have a clue on whether these applications were for VA medical care, or VA comp /pension benefits, so obviously no one knows if they are part of any backlog figure. The backlog figures ,to me, seem to only include pending claims, that VA somehow resolved ( probably denying most of them) What I …
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http://nypost.com/2017/08/15/the-va-is-deeply-thoroughly-broken/
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http://abc6onyourside.com/on-your-side/va-mistakenly-declares-veteran-dead
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http://www.commercialappeal.com/story/news/2017/05/28/memorial-day-misery-disabled-veteran-seeks-missing-funds-sues-va-appointed-fiduciary/342494001/ Even if VA makes good on what their appointed fiduciary did....The vet has the right to sue the fiduciary and should sue VA as well for not vetting their appointments of fiduciaries much better. That might generate enough attention from vets to start a class action.
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http://www.disabledveterans.org/2017/05/12/chow-time-veterans-affairs-serving-dangerously-raw-expired-food-veterans/ These vets would have been better off, if VA gave them C rats, and a P 38.
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VAOIG should check Every RO for this crap: https://www.va.gov/oig/pubs/VAOIG-15-05235-200.pdf
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http://www.disabledveterans.org/2017/05/23/hines-va-hospital-proudly-feeding-cockroaches-vets-since-2011/ I didn't get the email from OIG yet on this but will post their full report here.
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https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndoh/pr/wisconsin-man-sentenced-more-four-years-prison-falsely-claiming-he-was-navy-seal
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https://www.va.gov/opa/pressrel/pressrelease.cfm?id=2903
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http://www.fox25boston.com/news/vet-says-he-nearly-operated-on-himself-when-va-wouldnt-pay-medical-bill/520957865
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I wonder how this crap can happen, and I guess the VA did not really check his false buddy statements, until after he got comp....and then he even got a mortgage free home from this vet organization named in the link....! and yet many of you men and women probably still do not have all your awards or decorations on your DD 214s and have to apply and wait for them. https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndtx/pr/man-who-falsely-claimed-receive-purple-heart-award-receive-financial-benefits-sentenced Nothing upsets me more than these &%$#@&# wannabees....few and far between for sure ,but I hope everyone of them gets caught.
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