1151 DIC award

[Berta]

This award for malpractice (Section 1151,38 USC took 13 YEARS,but the widow succeeded:

https://www.va.gov/vetapp17/files1/1703113.txt

It was kind of odd the way I found this award- which might help other survivors.

In a letter I thought would be in the mail by now, to Secretary Shulkin, I decided to use some additional evidence to support one part of my concerns.

I mentioned and will enclose my 1151 award letter, and gave info on another Vietnam vet the VA almost killed ( his  1151 award letter is here somewhere, and I wanted to find one more DIC award for a wrongful death.There are some at the BVA web site but the most recent one I found is above.

These awards are what I now call VA's "Area 1151s" and VA has hidden them from Congress and the public.So far......

I was shocked to realize that this was also a  wrongful death from the same VAMC that killed my husband and almost killed a friend of ours-who gets 100% P & T under 1151 for the rest of his life, with SMC as well.

The award shows that the widow raised other issues regarding the death of her husband and I assume the attorney  might be local to me, or to anyone else treated ( mistreated by the Bath VAMC). ( He is in Niagara Falls. not far from the Buffalo VARO)

He might even be willing to be a guest on our radio show. I just left a message for him.

http://www.lawyerdict.com/peter-j-sebekos/

Thirteen years is a long time to find proper restitution from the VA over a wrongful death.

But the case shows that- no matter what the issue is about-neither survivors nor living veterans should ever GIVE UP!