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I called in last week to check up on my claim and was told my DAV rep was no longer employed.

I asked why and was told that they couldn't comment on that. I went in and talked to another rep and was told he was fired. He didn't say why.

Has anyone had that happen to them?

He has been my rep for the past 4 years.

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yes one of mine was fired for attendance issues he was hired the next week by the VFW guess where my POA went? rofl and the DAV still had the nerve to send me a lifetime membership application it went into file 13

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I had it done once, the AMVET rep that advised me to put in a claim for a NSC pension was fired. I went back looking for him to help me file my claim for increase, but he was gone, fired just because he had to take extra time off, because his wife was quite ill with cancer. I thougt this was a heartless thing to do, but i found his replacement to be as pro Veteran as he had seemed to be.

It's a shame that the good ones are the first to go, but the ones that screw things up with your claim, are praised because the have a high rate of claims closed out.

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Crypto,

Where I live,I know of no one that was able to have the same rep for 4 years,

the turn-over is quite high.

How much help was this rep to you in getting your VA claims granted

during the 4 years?

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Yep, sure was and now swooooooosh, he's gone. Just like that. Thankfully I learned so much from him I can manage my claim now effectively. He got two grants for me. I'm at 40% with a C&P exam later this month for increase.

Frank

Crypto,

Where I live,I know of no one that was able to have the same rep for 4 years,

the turn-over is quite high.

How much help was this rep to you in getting your VA claims granted

during the 4 years?

carlie

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There is an extremely high burnout rate for Service Officers. The one who have been there a long time are usually the biggest duds in the box

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off topic question:

Been curious where/how is DAV organization getting their financial assistance?

How are the DAV reps motivated to assist Vets, etc?

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DAV is rich. American people are generous and DAV owns real estate and has 100's of millions in investments. In Dallas the DAV I belonged to had an income of 20,000 a month. Anyway the Service Officers at the Hospitals and VARO and BVA all earn 20,000 to more. The rest are unpaid volunteers. I know in 1991 the SO;s were paid about 40 grand I just don't know any more.

They also use some of the money to help Veterans. My old DAV used most of its money to help the Veterans who went to meetings.

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Frank

Companies (or non profits) almost never tell why they fired an employee or even if he was fired. There is a legal liability issue here. Just think about it. They say you were fired for theft.

Yet, there is no conviction anywhere of theft, so that statement cant be proved. The company just slandered your reputation, and it could cost em millions.

Most of the time they will say, "Bob is no longer with our company" Why? "You need to call Bob and ask him..I cant comment"

If you were convicted by a court of employee theft, then they might be able to say that..but why take a chance? What if that conviction is under appeal?

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off topic question:

Been curious where/how is DAV organization getting their financial assistance?

How are the DAV reps motivated to assist Vets, etc?

In my area the DAV operates 4 thrift shops and they are always packed. All items in there are donated I buy all my reading meteral there plus whenever the woman in the house get new clothes the DAV gets the old

Jim

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ok, I understand the liability issue. I just thought maybe it was because he fell ill or something.

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Companies (or non profits) almost never tell why they fired an employee or even if he was fired. There is a legal liability issue here. Just think about it. They say you were fired for theft.

Yet, there is no conviction anywhere of theft, so that statement cant be proved. The company just slandered your reputation, and it could cost em millions.

Most of the time they will say, "Bob is no longer with our company" Why? "You need to call Bob and ask him..I cant comment"

If you were convicted by a court of employee theft, then they might be able to say that..but why take a chance? What if that conviction is under appeal?

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DAV is rich. American people are generous and DAV owns real estate and has 100's of millions in investments. In Dallas the DAV I belonged to had an income of 20,000 a month. Anyway the Service Officers at the Hospitals and VARO and BVA all earn 20,000 to more. The rest are unpaid volunteers. I know in 1991 the SO;s were paid about 40 grand I just don't know any more.

They also use some of the money to help Veterans. My old DAV used most of its money to help the Veterans who went to meetings.

35 K and a car.

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These VSO's sell insurance as well. I would not be surprised to see them do like AARP. This creates a gross conflict of interest. Everyone wants to get rich, especially top board members of these so-called nonprofits.

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