Lemuel

SSDD from VA.  (Same stuff, different day).  
    If we believe that "80.4% of Veterans trust the VA", then we could also believe that VA "will not lose key evidence" and that the October incident never happened, thus there is no need for 38 CFR 3.156 because VA always has our complete information, they never lose anything and mysterously find it again (some of the time).  But wait, Veterans continue needing to file 3.156 "NEW EVIDENCE".   The evidence is often "not new" but key evidence managed to get "gone" and so Veteran was denied.  Over and over again. 
    At least some of that problem was fixed when VA hired outside contractors to scan in the complete cfile, because VA cant be trusted with this, since VA has a "financial interest" incentive in losing key evidence.  
    This "Project 25" is an obvious attack on conservative (GOP): (as follows)
  The above is pure politics, trashing the conservatives alleging the VA will do better on their own.  
The facts are far different:
      When given a choice, I will choose "community care" vs VA care.  Community care is health care provided by VA, under contract with local physicians and or hospitals.  Its an example of why VA needs more contractors, smaller and leaner VA, because VA is grossly inefficient.   This is in no small part to the economic theroy "economies of scale", explaining that huge companies (like VA) are massively inefficitent because they are too huge. 
      That sounds like its the conservative view, when I really just prefer private care to VA.  Remember, when I hire an IMO/IME doc, that doc is not subject to VA's control, and they will often write us a valid nexus, where VA docs will not.