ptsd Veterans Affairs Failing Faster In Nearly All Areas, Monumental Problems

[Capt.]

Hello All,

I have been watching the post from so many of our members , old ones and alot of new ones. Watching the hearings from both house and senate, numerous news agencies and I am also seeing the problems with so many areas within the Veterans Affairs.

After reading so many post from not just myself but members like Berta, Carlie, Jbasser, Boomer, Teac, Bronco, Asknod, 71m10, Sp4, Meghp0405 and many others who post specific articles and news links, I am seeing a terrible pattern.

One that I believe we all can look at and say , this whole VA system is corrupt. It is so far gone that their is no answer to get any of the problems fixed.

I am going to bring up just a few of the problems we are facing at an alarming rate with a downward spiral.

Arrogance, Elitist, criminal mindset, refusing to answer Congressional hearings questions, failing to comply with Office of Inspector General reports, GOA reports and recommendations and outright lies, coverups are expressed with non compliance and blatant ignoring the laws and regulations of our country and the Code of Federal Regulations. This is the Secretary , Assistant Secretary , Directors and VARO Service Managers that continue to operate with immunity. No one can touch them and we see everything getting worse. Responsibility and accountability are totally ignored and rewarded with more bonuses.

I am going to list just a few of the more recent problems within the last 6 months to a year from some of the news articles or past post with topics that are here at Hadit.

1. The incredible increase of the backlog

2. Inacurracy of the claims decisions process and its error rates especially from initial decisions to BVA remands process

3. Problems viewing Cfiles

4. Lack of Due Processs to Veterans and the Timelines faulty, error ridden decisions making Appeals nearly impossible

5. Failing to answer phone calls at most VAROS

6. VARO C and P exams not available to veterans or delayed more than one year

7. FOIA delays of information or non compliance at all

8. Dependents pay non-compliance and or long delays

9. VA arrogance on questions from House and Senate subcommittees, GOA, OIG reports

10.Fidicuiary Scandals

11. Legionaires Disease Coverup

12. Suicide Veteran Rate Increase

13. Lack of treatment for PTSD veterans

14 Homelessness of our Veterans

15. Paperless transitions for records inconsistancy between VAROs and VAMC, Clinics , dealing with MyhealthyVet, Ebenefits

16. Travel pay issues

17. Treating any correspondance with VAROS as a NEW CLAIM

I have used Hadit, and many news organizations, House and Senate reports, OIG, GOA and other agencies to bring up these points above.

Now I know I have missed alot of areas and these are just some of the more recent events and directions VA is taking and it is so evident by the huge number of Veterans that are posting on Hadit and viewing our topics.

You can see it in the tone of our topics and the Veterans and their wives and widows desparation. I have been a member here for over 6 years and the overall direction the Veterans Affairs has taken is absolutely out of control.

It has gotten so bad. I am so fearful for our Veterans that are just now coming into the VA claims and benefits process. That so many are going to fall thru the cracks and that the number of Veterans who will just say I quit and face prison, divorce or death or homelessness. That the number of Veteran problems now dominate our news agencies. Our courts and prisons are fast seeing an alarming problem with our Veteran community. We see it daily in our News reports.

That is why I have to just bring this topic up thats been on my mind for a long while, so that many of our Veterans can see that we all face some very dark waters ahead. And that is why I hope that every Veteran that comes to Hadit will say to each other....... NEVER GIVE UP. God Bless, C.C.

Edited February 11, 2013 by Capt.Contaminate

[autumn]

Folks, This whole week has revealed so much corruption from VA. The Senate Hearings were a fiasco filled with lies and more dead promises. Now the Florida Charity Scandal at Allied . The report from Bergmann and Moore and it just is now moving at high speed corruption . Moving faster than any of us would have dreamed. The terrible decision by Thomas Murphy, a VA hack deputy director and his C123 Agent Orange stance with an incredible denial that Agent Orange really does not cause any harm.......HUH..........

Alright ..... I have no choice but to file malpractice suit number 2 even before number one has settled and may be a press conferece. Lets just pull off the gloves and start name calling ....like who really handled my claim and the diseases I have and not been treated ....I have 2 of the DRO names , another decision rep and the Service Manager so lets just see what I can come up with in the next month or so. And I am going to specifically name them in this lawsuit FTCA Malpractice and what the snakes hissed. And I am fighting another hand infection so I am already like a grizzly bear with a bad tooth. Never poke at one of those. When that bear is hurting then he lashes out at everyone. That is probably how I feel this week. More paper work and waitiing on xrays and ct scans and then the lawsuit FTCA part 2 ...... Now I need a good news person that will sit down and listen and go after the scumline that runs Regional Office in Houston. It may make some mad but not as mad as I am. Stay tuned for part 3. God bless all of our troops and our folks here at Hadit. There is so much work that all of its member are trying to do the right thing but VA is gone beyond any concept of decency. I will NEVER GIVE UP. God Bless. C.C.

Good luck!

if you find that news person as him/her if more names/stories are needed. many of us here purposely not diagnosed correctly and labled head cases by VA to be swept under the carpet...if that is how one expresses it, adjective finding isn't what it used to be.

Godspeed

[autumn]

WASHINGTON, MARCH 15, 2013 — /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The leader of The American Legion has come out swinging in defense of Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki. Shinseki, a retired four-star Army general and decorated Vietnam War combat veteran, is the primary target of a scathing, yet-to-be-published TIME Magazine piece penned by prominent columnist Joe Klein. The article, titled "Ten Years After: a National Disgrace" lambastes Shinseki for maintaining a low public profile while veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan suffer mass unemployment and stigma related to widespread and misleading...

i don't think the American Legion has visited Hadit.com for quite some time!, ya think? If General Shinseki has actually done a good job, then my only conclusion is the VA is close to a "mob organization" and it must have under-mined General Shinseki's good jobs.

All the good guys keep getting beat down by our gov. history keeps telling this story over and over...

[meghp0405]

the furlough, if it takes place will not effect the va employees. They will just continue to be the non-producing, over paid government employee's that will actually still have to go to work 5 days a week...

[indyman]

I just read an article in the Indy Star where a whistleblower has again come forward and is exposing some real heavy stuff. This may bring in some criminal people. It speaks of how the VA is deliberately covering up tests, and investigations into certain chemical exposures and talks about the burn pits and the unknown causes of the Gulf War deseases. But, it goes on to say that many tests that were supposed to done, were not done at all. This is serious. It shows the systemic on going corruption in the VA. For many of us who have pending claims I am scared how this investigation (which is being looked at by Congress) will effect our denials or awards. It could be positive, or worse yet very negative. I think this goes all the way to the top. This is turning into another Fast and Furious, Solyndra, and Bengazi. To view the article go to IndyStar.com. Everybody keep your powder dry, your ears to the ground and your butt will follow.

[jbasser]

WASHINGTON, MARCH 15, 2013 — /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The leader of The American Legion has come out swinging in defense of Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki. Shinseki, a retired four-star Army general and decorated Vietnam War combat veteran, is the primary target of a scathing, yet-to-be-published TIME Magazine piece penned by prominent columnist Joe Klein. The article, titled "Ten Years After: a National Disgrace" lambastes Shinseki for maintaining a low public profile while veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan suffer mass unemployment and stigma related to widespread and misleading...

i don't think the American Legion has visited Hadit.com for quite some time!, ya think? If General Shinseki has actually done a good job, then my only conclusion is the VA is close to a "mob organization" and it must have under-mined General Shinseki's good jobs.

All the good guys keep getting beat down by our gov. history keeps telling this story over and over...

Lets get real. The Secretary is just a political figurehead who is powerless and is micromanaged by a higher authority.

This has been going on for decades and will continue. There has been nothing done.

J

[autumn]

Lets get real. The Secretary is just a political figurehead who is powerless and is micromanaged by a higher authority.

This has been going on for decades and will continue. There has been nothing done.

J

i would tend to agree. the Times story is more evidence supporting us veterans and what is said here at hadit.com. and what indyman referred to also. i have no hope anything will change, but at least the stories are getting out there.