"But, the most compelling piece of information is the paragraph below. Read it carefully...it suggest that it's time for a complete and radical overhaul of the VA disability ratings system." per Larry-
"There is also a need to consider more fundamental reform of the VA disability compensation program, particularly with regard to its disability criteria and field structure. VA eligibility criteria for disability continue to be based primarily on physicians’ and lawyers’ estimates made in 1945 of the effects of service-connected impairments on the average individual’s ability to perform jobs requiring manual or physical labor. Moreover, the program’s eligibility criteria do not sufficiently account for developments in science, medicine, and technology, as well as changes in the nature of work that have occurred in the past 62 years—which potentially affect the extent to which disabilities limit one’s earning capacity."
The last part makes me wonder what the report says about all that- but Fundamental Reform! This is what I dream of----
Thanks to all of you who took the time to write to the Dole /Shalala committee-
I feel they listened to us all.
Gotta get out my Dylan CDs-" the times , they are a comin'"
I foresee a change in our lifetimes.
If they added more lawyers to the BVA-who makes top notch and superior decisions in my opinion-
these days- not at all like it used to be there--
they could eliminate these ROs-or just make the ROs check the basic eligibility requirements and dependency data- etc etc----send it off to the BVA and then it can be handled by someone who is
literate and fully versed in VA case law.
GRADUATE ! Nov 2nd 2007 American Military University !
When thousands of Americans faced annihilation in the 1800s Chief
Osceola's response to his people, the Seminoles, was
simply "They(the US Army)have guns, but so do we."
Sameo to us -They (VA) have 38 CFR ,38 USC, and M21-1- but so do we.
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http://vawatchdog.org/07/nf07/nfMAY07/nf053007-3.htm
Larry Scott highlighted this part:
"But, the most compelling piece of information is the paragraph below. Read it carefully...it suggest that it's time for a complete and radical overhaul of the VA disability ratings system." per Larry-
"There is also a need to consider more fundamental reform of the VA disability compensation program, particularly with regard to its disability criteria and field structure. VA eligibility criteria for disability continue to be based primarily on physicians’ and lawyers’ estimates made in 1945 of the effects of service-connected impairments on the average individual’s ability to perform jobs requiring manual or physical labor. Moreover, the program’s eligibility criteria do not sufficiently account for developments in science, medicine, and technology, as well as changes in the nature of work that have occurred in the past 62 years—which potentially affect the extent to which disabilities limit one’s earning capacity."
The last part makes me wonder what the report says about all that- but Fundamental Reform! This is what I dream of----
Thanks to all of you who took the time to write to the Dole /Shalala committee-
I feel they listened to us all.
Gotta get out my Dylan CDs-" the times , they are a comin'"
I foresee a change in our lifetimes.
If they added more lawyers to the BVA-who makes top notch and superior decisions in my opinion-
these days- not at all like it used to be there--
they could eliminate these ROs-or just make the ROs check the basic eligibility requirements and dependency data- etc etc----send it off to the BVA and then it can be handled by someone who is
literate and fully versed in VA case law.
GRADUATE ! Nov 2nd 2007 American Military University !
When thousands of Americans faced annihilation in the 1800s Chief
Osceola's response to his people, the Seminoles, was
simply "They(the US Army)have guns, but so do we."
Sameo to us -They (VA) have 38 CFR ,38 USC, and M21-1- but so do we.
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