23 Percent Of Va Claims Processed Incorrectly

[jbasser]

I just bumped into this article. On behalf of our friends over at Military.com.

Link: http://militaryadvantage.military.com/2011/05/va-audit-23-percent-of-disability-claims-incorrectly-processed/#idc-cover

Basser

[Pete53]

Thank you Veldrina I guess your advice is to drop all the extraneous and ask VA to rate what is the main thing you are claiming and if possible state to the VA you are ready to rate with the evidence on hand?

When I worked it was called a Dog and Pony Show not so much on substance but a lot on show.

I also would like to add I always felt that the VARO who did mine in 1996 needed my Military Records, my treatment records after I separated,a good IMO with a nexus and current diagnosis, my SSD medical info and for me some CFR's I found in BVA opinions that would grant service connection.

I think the hard part was and still is the initial grant that opens the door to service connection and proof that you are in shape you are in now.

My initial calim the VSO who I still love dearly asked for a lot of stuff if he could find any kind of treatment while I was in service. I dropped them after 4 months and a SSD award figuring why make it more complicated than it already was.

By the way the VARO that granted me 100% apologized to me and told me it should have been granted much sooner.

[jbasser]

Veldrina, they dont need to re invent the wheel, They just need to re balance and tighten up the lug nuts.

Dont let it frustrate you.

J

[COOL BREEZE]

It's not just the errors....the standard fr raters is 90% accuracy & 3.5 cases a day. I am on a PIP (performance incentive program) becuz i was falling short of the numbers. We have so many trainees now that any easy or small issue cases have been given to them & we are stuck with the complicated ones. Try to do them right the first time, it takes longer & u don't make production. Rush through to get the #s out and u make mistakes which bring your accuracy down. It's a no-win situation,.

Heads up: I dunno who ruffled Shinseki & Washington's feathers, but they have been literally tripping over themselves with constant new "ideas" on how to make us more efficient, without any actual clue of HOW we work. Latest things from the grapevine: office cares about #s right now so we are pumping out whatever cases we can, mostly small issue cases. If you claimed a lot of issues, you are S.O.L. If u have been waiting a long time & kept adding issues, tuff. Another tidbit is that now any claim with a deferred issue will not count towards production, so there will be no incentive to do them since we can't get credit. This means that if we could grant you 60% for a heart condition now, but u also claimed an ingrown toenail and we need an exam or haven't received STRs or what have u, your case will be waiting on the sidelines until such a time as we can resolve the deferred issue.

Also heard, they will be revising our standards & possibly upping it.

Every day it's a new thing, and some jerk in washington's bright idea on how to break the backlog. Goddess forbid anyone actually ask the workers. If it weren't for the fact i have loans to pay down, i would quit at this point. I'll post more wonderful washington news as i hear it. Someone PLEASE smack Shinseki!

I was comparing the Monday reports for Phoenix, and am trying to figure out how many claims they are doing on the average per week. THe numbers are extremely low, only around 114. You are stating 3.5 cases a day, they must only have a few raters in the Phoenix VARO doing claims. Is your standard for your site only?

[john999]

It is a scandal but only organized veterans can fix it. The government will never fix it on their own without pressure.

[carlie]

Every day it's a new thing, and some jerk in washington's bright idea on how to break the backlog. Goddess forbid anyone actually ask the workers. If it weren't for the fact i have loans to pay down, i would quit at this point. I'll post more wonderful washington news as i hear it. Someone PLEASE smack Shinseki!

Vel,

Thanks for an insider's view to update us.

It amazes me that in just about any employment

they rarely ask the worker-bees what THEY think would help

them accomplish the goals.

If the TV show "Undercover Boss" could tackle the VA, they could help - lol.

Get those loans paid off ASAP !

Looking forward to more scoops :-)

[Papa]

I'm trying to decide if I should change my name from Papa to S.O.L. or just Tuff $%#%.

Papa