Analysis Of Differences In Disability Compensation In The Department Of Veterans Affairs

[smilen66]

Hi to All,

One of my hobbies is researching and learning. I found this study about state by state variations of V.A. Compensation rates etc. I just wanted to share it with anyone with similar interest. Hopefully, this is not a repeat of a previously posted study.

OOP's Technical Difficulties.

State_Variance_Study_Volumes_1_2.pdf

[allan]

"I'm not sure if I'm taking your comment negatively or not and I will be the 1st to say I can be super sensitive at times. However,I thought this was a site that one could share information. I noticed you are a/the content contributer, did I overstep my boundaries? If so, please accept my apology."

Lenora,

I only meant to point out the obvious.

1) there are discrepancies.

2) Nothing will be done about it.

If you took my post to be critical, that sure wasn't my intention.

Who am I to criticize anyone for contributing to the board? If you've kept up on my posts, than you know I don't have a clue why I posted things sometimes. It's just the way my day went.

I do what I can with what I have to work with. Some days are good, some days are not.

Allan

[broncovet]

Unfortunately, for Veterans, something has been done about it. Ohio is pretty much at the bottom of the pile..pays less than all other states.

So what did they do about this? They promoted Christine Alford (the former manager of the Cleveland Regional Office) to the VA central office so they can help reduce compensation to Veterans in all states, not just Ohio. It did not matter that Cleveland Ohio was one of the worst states of the shredded documents, in fact, in my humble opinion, that shredding helped her win her promotion.

[Pete53]

I have said it before and I will say it again. That the VA is run exactly the way the politicians who have over site want it to be run.

[purple]

Studies like this are such a waste of time & taxpayer dollars for two reasons: (1) Nothing will be done with the results and, (2) Personally, I don't see how this type of data can truly be compared.

Here's what I mean.

Unless they take say 1,000 vets from each VARO....divide them up by groups of 10 with the exact same medical conditions....exact same circumstances, everything must match for the study to have an airtight control group...only then could you compare all of the VAROs and come up with true comparision data.

To go from VARO and compare different medical conditions from on VARO to another...you've just lost your control group thus making it a bad study.

[smilen66]

"I'm not sure if I'm taking your comment negatively or not and I will be the 1st to say I can be super sensitive at times. However,I thought this was a site that one could share information. I noticed you are a/the content contributer, did I overstep my boundaries? If so, please accept my apology."

Lenora,

I only meant to point out the obvious.

1) there are discrepancies.

2) Nothing will be done about it.

If you took my post to be critical, that sure wasn't my intention.

Who am I to criticize anyone for contributing to the board? If you've kept up on my posts, than you know I don't have a clue why I posted things sometimes. It's just the way my day went.

I do what I can with what I have to work with. Some days are good, some days are not.

Allan

Allan, I am at peace. Thanks for taking the time to explain from your viewpoint. Have a great day!

Lenora