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I am considering the following letter be entered into testimony on the March 3 congressional hearing. What do you guys think?
House Committee on Veterans Affairs
Attention: Mr. Bob Filner: RE: upcoming “shredding documents” hearing
I am a disabled U.S. Navy Veteran who served in the Vietnam Era from 1970 until I was honorably discharged in June 1974. During my military career, I was promoted multiple times and was awarded the Good Conduct and National Defense medals.
In 2002, I applied for Veterans benefits in Cleveland Ohio. Apparently the Attorney General has some things to say about the Cleveland RO, and not very much of it is good. Apparently, Ohio, is in the “bottom 5” of the lowest compensation of any state. If that is not enough, the “October Incident” put Cleveland in the “bottom 3” of the worst offenders with 55 shredded documents. It would appear to me that VA management has been rather generous to Cleveland in its evaluations. In spite of being near the bottom in both these categories, the Cleveland RO manager was recently promoted to the Central Office.
Before giving “Congratulations” to the management at Cleveland, however, it appears that the Veterans side of the story should be heard. It seems that there is a big “brain drain” at Cleveland due to the fact that the “Tiger Team” is located in Cleveland. The most experienced Rating Specialists are “siphoned off” to the Tiger Team, leaving Ohio Veterans holding the bag with the lowest skill level of all Regional Offices.
However, the Cleveland Regional Office has responded with some of the most creative ways of denying claims in the entire VA. Here are a few examples of how they did just that.
I would like this secret denial of claims and appeals stopped. The RO accomplished this by selectively shredding my claims documents over a 7 year period, and continues to shred evidence as recently as December 18, 2008, when I requested Special Claims handling for shredded documents. The VA apparently shredded my request as they have no record of it. .
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