Veterans Service Officer Competency Program.

[Guest jstacy]

I just had an Idea, I have read so many horror stories about VSO's passing out bad advice over the years.

I have had 1 from the DAV that totally destroyed a claim I had because he put the wrong information.

I am getting sick and tired of seeing Veterans get the same old run around by these people.

I believe that there should be a competency process for anyone who desires to be a VSO.

There should be a test administered to all VSO's and the ones who do not pass it, send them down the road and get ones who can pass. I am willing to bet that over 50 percent of current service officers cannot pass a test that pertains to VA regulations and ECT. This is extremely sad.

There are several SSA retirees who go into buisness to assist people to get SSD because they are experts in the system and know what it takes. I would like to see VA Retirees do the same activity. The only problem is that the VA system is in such array with so many discombobulated individuals, It would be hard to know who you can or cannot trust.

Someone posted about changing the system, We need to overhaul it from the ground up starting with the VSO's

John.

Edited September 3, 2006 by jstacy

[john999]

Terry

How would you rate your COVA lawyer? Did he know his stuff and did he recover money for you?

[Guest jstacy]

That makes me believe that the RO's and the VSO's are playing lets make a deal with Veterans claims.

Maybe they discuss this at Lunch.

I do not thrust them and I never will.

Edited September 5, 2006 by jstacy

[Berta]

Something odd sure went down during my socalled DRO conference after the sameo sameo De novo review-

I am not getting satisfactory answers from my POA either-

POA goes in with my IMOs -the whole point of the DRO conference and they have vanished completely from VARO.

No mention of them whatsoever in the documentation I have from the VARO.POA has no documentation at all on this meeting-

I sent them in numerous times-they must have been destroyed so I sued them.

Property damage by federal employees.

You bet some of them make deals-

[Guest jstacy]

I read a BVA or a CVAC result last year that actually caught a VARO employee destroying a persons evidence. I will try to find it and post it. I wonder how many Vets have been shiskabobbed by actions like this. I am willing to bet my bass boat that it has happened more than once.

[Berta]

Many years ago BVA lawyers stuffed stacks of appeals into a file cabinet so they would not have to work on them-

You would be surprised at some of the things VA employees have done-the investigations are at the Inspector General -VA web site-

Those lawyers were caught.

I sued the VA recently for property destruction.I feel if a claimant pays money for an IMO which the VA NEVER addresses in a SOC or SSOC, continues to send them copies of it to no avail, cannot get a square answer from their POA as to why the VA did not even aclnowledge it, then it is obvious that the VARO has destroyed it.