Va Employees Steal Money Due To Vets..

[broncovet]

Well, now we know why our legitimate claims are denied, and we have to appeal for years just to get what is due to us. VA employees are stealing the money, and the last I checked money does not grow on trees, so this money has to be made up somewhere: Thus legitimate Veterans are denied benefits, so that VA employees can steal large bonuses. These crooks are not stealing money from the government, they are stealing this money from disabled Veterans. No wonder why those rating specialists are so stingy awarding our benefits, it is because its not the governments money, it is their bonus money. Here it is:

http://www.vawatchdog.org/09/nf09/nfaug09/nf082109-1.htm

(The above link may not work all day Friday while vawatchdog.org is doing maintenance)

My thanks to Larry Scott for watching out for us. Now maybe the politicians will have to do something to fix the VA.

Edited August 21, 2009 by broncovet

[sixthscents]

Any veteran representative organization that exists "cheek and jowl" with the VARO's have always been suspicious to me. People say there are good and bad VSO's but when it comes to my personal experience, I have yet to meet the good one.

IT is a funny field, as someone experienced in the field I think I can say that in certain jobs like database management, or creation, generally people are paid fairly large salaries, and can "work from home" literally. Honestly, I could manage most database tasks from my desk here in my bedroom, as easily as 1000 miles away. So, while I understand a real need to keep certain people (honestly it is hard to find someone with the necessary qualifications to keep a big IT operation up, and current.... it can be really really hard) these people are salaried. They agreed to a salaried package, and if bonus's for performance (which in IT is actually rather common) were part of their contract.. well ok, BUT and a BIG BUT... the performance MUST be achieved.

What went on here was nothing but sheer fraud. IT people need - the field demands - continual education. Often platforms for database management change, or completely disappear and the whole system has to be adapted - quickly to the new service. Without constant education many of these IT personnel would be useless in a matter of months, not years months. So I understand a grant program for this. Again though, it must be MONITORED.

However, the VA's IG DID find this. They DID report it. And the people caught are going to get some punishment. As far as I can see, that system is working, maybe not a well as we would like, but the VA IG does seem to be increasing their efforts to find the flaws. Now if they would just look at all the "new" raters the VA hired.

Bob Smith