Something Strange At Va

[Guest anfrnkie]

something strang has happend at va with my claim, yesterday i got a ssoc, i checked and sent in to va i asked how my claim is going i was told my claim has been sent to washington,i asked at the bva as i always stated do not send to bva,va said no it was sent to washington as they pick claims at ramdon and mine was picked i can.t understand what this means need help with this one, thanks franj

[Pete53]

A few claims are routinely reviewed at a higher level to see if it was done right. Unfortunately it appears to be claims that were granted as opposed to denials.

[Guest anfrnkie]

A few claims are routinely reviewed at a higher level to see if it was done right. Unfortunately it appears to be claims that were granted as opposed to denials.

pete i still don,t get why would they send a ssoc then it goes to washington,? they tell me it is not at bva so where could it be and what are they doing to it ?

[Testvet]

there is a congressional team and they do what are called STAR reviews, they order so many C Files per RO and they check them for accuracy, from the initial claim thru the point the file is now, they are checking the personnel at the VARO to see if they are doing the claims properly.

If that is the review process yours got caught in be happy, it should cut a lot of the BS out of the system, if it was approved and then DC asked for a quality audit then it could be in a different office entirely, the STAR review is a good process, I just wished they checked more files per office than they do, we might get better decisions on initial claims, and there may be fewer vets dying before their claims get adjudicated.

[Guest jstacy]

That is a good point to bring up. Kind of like a resturant inspection. Hey Joe, Star is coming to inspect. DO we have those perfect cases we made to show them.

That is what you are up against. Corruption in its finest form. It needs to be an independant panel made up of disabled Veterans who Know the system and who answer to no one that deals with the VA.

[Berta]

Also the Knight Ridder investigations last year in the Washington Post reflected an average of 41 % error rate in Remanded VARO work.

The fact is that although there are checks in place-such as the Star system- nevertheless-

only about 39% of VARO employees by their admissions in a survey done by the IG are able to fully do viable claims work.

Add that with the documented fact of the figures uncovered by Knight Ridder in the Washington Post last year- as to the error rate- and seems to me-the chances of a veteran getting anyone to properly handle their claim is less than 20%.

I bet the odds at a race track or the state lottery might even be better than that.

[timetowinarace]

My C-file is also in washington for random review. This only happened after my claim was approved.

On the one hand, I'm glad they are reviewing my file. If it is thorough, my claim is a good example of VARO literally breaking several laws to repeatedly deny me benifits. Other than it finally being approved at 100%, I doubt the regional office would have chose to have it reveiwed. They called CUE on themselves and awarded me an EED to my original claim, though I did not NOD or appeal that denial. (ignorant as I was)

On the other hand, they should also reveiw denied claims. These are the corner stone to veterans problems. This is where the truth lies. Also, I was schedualed for re-evaluation in may. It hasn't happened yet because my file is gone. I will be awarded P&T at some point (brain damage being permanant and all) and this delay is costing my daughter. She starts college in Aug. Not to mention that they have been unable to adjust my dependants status.

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