Va Proposed Rule Change

[Philip Rogers]

https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2013/10/31/2013-25968/standard-claims-and-appeals-forms

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[john999]

This will just make it harder on vets who don't have computers or printers.

[Guest]

I am not sure when VA started using VA form 21-0958 (The Notice of Disagreement) form but I have seen them tell veterans on the most recent decisions that if they disagree, the veteran must fill out this form. This form should come with every decision made by VA.

Here is the form.

http://www.vba.va.gov/pubs/forms/VBA-21-0958-ARE.pdf

[jbasser]

That proposal is not legal. We do not have to use their forms. It is about time someone put these fools in their place. They are trying to stack everything in their favor and I for one am not going to stand for it.

[Philip Rogers]

That proposal is not legal. We do not have to use their forms. It is about time someone put these fools in their place. They are trying to stack everything in their favor and I for one am not going to stand for it.

At present, it is not legal, which is why they want to change the rules. Trying to screw the vet one more time!

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[Chuck75]

"Trying to screw the vet one more time!"

And I thought this was just a continuing facet of VA practices!

When you read VA proposed rule changes, they seem to invariably benefit the VA,

at the expense of veterans. The VA got away with such things for decades.

Today due to the internet, it's getting harder.

How may veterans know about the Federal Register, and how to make comments?

I still believe that there has been some sort of conspiracy involving the VA and

veteran's compensation. Don't know if the VA was told "under the table" to do certain things,

but it seems likely.

I'd guess that the post Civil War history of veteran's compensation and the earlier incarnations of the DVA

started the behaviour that the VA has today.

Edited November 18, 2013 by Chuck75

[free_spirit_etc]

I think harleyman said awhile back that the VA was going to stop sending the forms with the decision letters because they were getting too many appeals since they started sending the form. So I guess they still want to use the form, they just don't want to send it.