ptsd No More P & T Under Dole - Shalala Report

[jessejames]

It's my understanding (and I also received return agreement e-mail from Larry Scott) if the Dole-Shalala Report is followed, VA Comp and Pensions will be turned on their head. There won't be a P & T status. The VA will re-evaluate all Disabled vets every 3 years and make a determination if thier disability has gotten better or worse. From experience, VA will be ORDERED to say Condition has improved and cut Compensation to save more money to rebuild Iraq and give more tax breaks for the wealthy. Look at what DOD is doing now to combat vets from Iraq by giving them "Personality Disorder" Discharges instead of treatment for PTSD and in order to save money for the government. The saying from Nam is still the same, with modification, "Disabled Vets don't mean nothin"." I can't see this part of the Report being enforced because it would take thousands more Doctors at the VA and they can't provide treatment NOW because of a shortage of Doctors, plus it would be very expensive to implement and I feel most all of the Vets Organizations would oppose it, except maybe the American Legion.

Quote from the REPORT on Page 6:

"Periodic Review

The disability status of veterans should be reevaluated every three years and compensation adjusted, if their condition has worsened or improved.

http://www.vawatchdog.org/07/nf07/nfJUL07/...%20warriors.pdf

Edited July 28, 2007 by jessejames

[Pete53]

Hey wait a minute. I doubt if this will ever fly. Its ridiculous to make Vets have a harder time than SSD recipients. Democrats will never go for this and they will need Congressional Approval to make suck a change.

[Tbird]

here's the final non draft version http://www.pccww.gov/docs/Kit/Main_Book_CC%5BJULY26%5D.pdf i'm going to have print this out and read over it, it's 40 pages, but a lot that is blah blah i believe

[jessejames]

here's the final non draft version http://www.pccww.gov/docs/Kit/Main_Book_CC%5BJULY26%5D.pdf i'm going to have print this out and read over it, it's 40 pages, but a lot that is blah blah i believe

See Page 6 for this 3 year Re-Evaluation

[jbasser]

Dont forget the Courts are the ones who rule. It does not matter what a congress person or senator does. The Court can turn it around.

[Jay Johnson]

I think you are misreading that portion of the report. A "periodic review" is not P&T and, under current rules, the VA is "supposed" to wait 2 years to review a non-P&T case, but they are given great lattitude and many vets are reviewed far more frequently. To me it sounds as if the report is saying that it should be more standardized to reduce needless reviews.......

There was no mention of P&T in that portion of the report and it didn't seem to me to be implying P&T either....

[Tbird]

i could not find any mention of p and t status either, i think we need more information.