ptsd Speeding Up Claims Processing

[Philip Rogers]

The VA just wants sheep or persons who will follow their instructions working for them. Viet Nam vets probably had a higher ratio of veterans working at the VA than now, as many VN era vet employees have retired. I doubt there are many vets working for the VA now but that's just my opinion. I believe the VA works hard to deny and/or delay claims. Lawyers do what lawyers are paid to do and at the VA it's no different.

Additionally, the VA has one of the best, top notch, PR teams available promoting it!! Everything you read says how great the VA is but "we" all know better. jmo

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Edited May 6, 2011 by Philip Rogers

[BigCountryVet]

Carlie,

Admittedly at first I assumed since my wife's friend had the master's and got hired on as an adjudicator that everyone else needed to have a similar education level. Well my assumptions must be correct based upon this excerpt which I've plucked from a "Veterans Claims Examiner -- Buffalo, NY" job posting on USA JOBS website within the education qualifications subsection--

~~ "Education:Applicants must have completed one full year of graduate level education OR meet the superior academic achievement criteria.Superior Academic Achievement is based on a GPA of 3.0 or higher out of a possible 4.0 (?B? or better) as recorded on the official transcript or as computed based on four years of education; Class Standing?upper third of the graduating class in college, university, or major subdivision such as College of Liberal Arts or School of Business Administration; or Election to membership in a national scholastic honor society.Applicants must provide documentation (transcript or letter from Dean or Registrar or honor society) to receive consideration.

It is also possible to combine education and experience.The Qualification Standards for General Schedule Positions Handbook will be used to evaluate applicants and is available for review in any Federal Human Resources Office."

SALARY RANGE: 37,534.00 - 48,790.00 USD per year

I highly doubt they'd be paying non degreed guys like myself in the high 30s to high 40s for a yearly salary. I am fully aware men and women like myself with or without any level of continuing education are more than capable of learning and retaining instructions and skillsets if not effected by some TBI or serious MH issue. This is much more reason to believe people like us should not fill just a handful of chairs at the VAROs but most if not all. I am very happy that all of you VN era veterans have pals working in these sections already and hope to see more of them and more of my OIF & OEF buddies in those seats soon to help speed up the process for all of us. Nice keeping in touch with yall!

[Philip Rogers]

BigCountryVet - If that was aimed at me, who said anything about pals!!!!!!! My point was that there were vets working there, with many yrs experience. Now most of the experienced are gone and in order to keep up stats they would need to hirer more academics, who generally have little use for us veterans. jmo

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Carlie,

Admittedly at first I assumed since my wife's friend had the master's and got hired on as an adjudicator that everyone else needed to have a similar education level. Well my assumptions must be correct based upon this excerpt which I've plucked from a "Veterans Claims Examiner -- Buffalo, NY" job posting on USA JOBS website within the education qualifications subsection--

~~ "Education:Applicants must have completed one full year of graduate level education OR meet the superior academic achievement criteria.Superior Academic Achievement is based on a GPA of 3.0 or higher out of a possible 4.0 (?B? or better) as recorded on the official transcript or as computed based on four years of education; Class Standing?upper third of the graduating class in college, university, or major subdivision such as College of Liberal Arts or School of Business Administration; or Election to membership in a national scholastic honor society.Applicants must provide documentation (transcript or letter from Dean or Registrar or honor society) to receive consideration.

It is also possible to combine education and experience.The Qualification Standards for General Schedule Positions Handbook will be used to evaluate applicants and is available for review in any Federal Human Resources Office."

SALARY RANGE: 37,534.00 - 48,790.00 USD per year

I highly doubt they'd be paying non degreed guys like myself in the high 30s to high 40s for a yearly salary. I am fully aware men and women like myself with or without any level of continuing education are more than capable of learning and retaining instructions and skillsets if not effected by some TBI or serious MH issue. This is much more reason to believe people like us should not fill just a handful of chairs at the VAROs but most if not all. I am very happy that all of you VN era veterans have pals working in these sections already and hope to see more of them and more of my OIF & OEF buddies in those seats soon to help speed up the process for all of us. Nice keeping in touch with yall!

[Chuck75]

The key difference is that Congress listens too much to paid lobbyists and not enough to veterans. Indeed, recent law changes have actually separated veterans even more into distinct groups that may end up competing against each other.

Divide and conquer? Anyway, the Nehmer debacle is an example of what can eventually happen when a large enough group of veterans raises enough "Cain". I suspect that the current fiduciary debacle will not gain as much attention, as egregious as it is.

Just look at the VA's tactics in the fiduciary area. I'm not sure that the VA will let the current court ruling stand without a fight. I want to see some VA "fast letters" and training letters that implement the court rulings. The Vietnam Vets were and are fighting with the VA.

They were getting basically nowhere until Adm. Zumwalt's son had an A.O. related disease and died from it. Zumwalt was at one time "CNO" or Chief of Naval Operations. He instituted some major changes in the way that the navy treated enlisted men, among others.

Classically, the VA has taken the stance (until Nehmer) that veterans had to prove the unprovable, and that no evidence is negative evidence, even when the laws say otherwise.

Traditionally, the government does not rate awarding entitlements high on the priority list. At least until complaints reach a level that forces action. Election time is a major player, since politicians become temporarily sensitive to public sentiment.

The United States does just not rate veterans as high on priority list of "things to do". Look how they drag their feet on "Care givers" program just for the most severely disabled vet's spouses. I guess Vietnam Era vets just got by on their own for 4 decades. When you see that vets can't even agree on who their friends are in congress you know they will always be dead last. Nobody has a better claim on the nation's resources than disabled vets, but every Tom, Dick or Harry can get more because they are organized. The NRA has congress jumping through hoops for them and their are 25 million vets who have to beg for help.

[Chuck75]

I would not have wanted to take on the VA hassle for this amount of money! "SALARY RANGE: 37,534.00 - 48,790.00 USD per year"

But, there were times when I might have considered it.

That's less than my retirement income after taxes, before I add investment income (if any). I do not have a 4 year degree, but did have formal multiyear "technical education", and specialized industrial/military certifications and "clearances".

Carlie,

Admittedly at first I assumed since my wife's friend had the master's and got hired on as an adjudicator that everyone else needed to have a similar education level. Well my assumptions must be correct based upon this excerpt which I've plucked from a "Veterans Claims Examiner -- Buffalo, NY" job posting on USA JOBS website within the education qualifications subsection--

~~ "Education:Applicants must have completed one full year of graduate level education OR meet the superior academic achievement criteria.Superior Academic Achievement is based on a GPA of 3.0 or higher out of a possible 4.0 (?B? or better) as recorded on the official transcript or as computed based on four years of education; Class Standing?upper third of the graduating class in college, university, or major subdivision such as College of Liberal Arts or School of Business Administration; or Election to membership in a national scholastic honor society.Applicants must provide documentation (transcript or letter from Dean or Registrar or honor society) to receive consideration.

It is also possible to combine education and experience.The Qualification Standards for General Schedule Positions Handbook will be used to evaluate applicants and is available for review in any Federal Human Resources Office."

SALARY RANGE: 37,534.00 - 48,790.00 USD per year

I highly doubt they'd be paying non degreed guys like myself in the high 30s to high 40s for a yearly salary. I am fully aware men and women like myself with or without any level of continuing education are more than capable of learning and retaining instructions and skillsets if not effected by some TBI or serious MH issue. This is much more reason to believe people like us should not fill just a handful of chairs at the VAROs but most if not all. I am very happy that all of you VN era veterans have pals working in these sections already and hope to see more of them and more of my OIF & OEF buddies in those seats soon to help speed up the process for all of us. Nice keeping in touch with yall!

[Mr cue]

the process will never speed up. lets get really there are more veterans to come home. they say ssi will be broke. do you thing there going to just let veterans rec benfits. never will.

that why amc is open to hold claims with big retro.

amc does not answer to anyone. the place to send all those claim which need to be granted.

soon you will not even be able to talk to anyone about your claim. e benfits. look at all the phone numbers gone. the amc does not even have a number..

so my thought is it will get much hard to get your claim process.

3 yrs on appeal for me

2 yrs amc done nothing.

so i say 2 yrs till decision