Employee misconduct at VA's medical facilities can have serious consequences for veterans. We looked at how VA deals with employee misconduct and found several opportunities for improvement. For example: VA doesn't always maintain required files and documents for adjudication, suggesting that employees may not have received due process. VA officials found guilty of misconduct … [Read more...] about VA: Actions Needed to Address Employee Misconduct Process and Ensure Accountability
Veterans Health Administration scandal
Problems Ahead at VA – Did Shulkin get fired or resign? This is why it matters – POLITICO
Fasten your seatbelts, it's going to be a bumpy ride ... More trouble for an already troubled VA. Those who want to privatize will continue to break the system and veterans will be hurt. I don't want the VA to be privatized for profit care. I want them to put the money, resources and people into place to fix what we earned. They have told us for years that we deserve … [Read more...] about Problems Ahead at VA – Did Shulkin get fired or resign? This is why it matters – POLITICO
VA DISABILITY BENEFITS: Opportunities Exist to Better Ensure Successful Appeals Reform GAO-18-349T: Published: Jan 30, 2018
What GAO Found The Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) plan for implementing a new disability appeals process while attending to appeals in the current process addresses most, but not all, elements required by the Veterans Appeals Improvement and Modernization Act of 2017 (Act). VA's appeals plan addresses 17 of 22 required elements, partially addresses 4, and does not … [Read more...] about VA DISABILITY BENEFITS: Opportunities Exist to Better Ensure Successful Appeals Reform GAO-18-349T: Published: Jan 30, 2018
VA Inspector General: Improper wait list used for Colorado vets’ mental health care
As some of you may know there are 3 kinds of lies, lies, damn lies and statistics and the VA uses them all. Once again we can thank a whistleblower for bring this to our attention. Even with CHOICE in place due to the VA creating fake wait lists to make their numbers look better than they were and damn the veterans who suffer. It continues at the Denver Veterans … [Read more...] about VA Inspector General: Improper wait list used for Colorado vets’ mental health care
VA Burial Benefits: Service-Connected or Non-Service Connected – There’s a Benefit for You
How to Apply for a Veterans Burial Allowance Source: VA.gov Find out how to get Veterans burial allowances to help cover burial, funeral, and transportation costs. Can I get allowances to help pay for a Veteran’s burial and funeral costs? You may be able to get burial allowances if you’re paying for the burial and funeral costs, and if any of the below relationships … [Read more...] about VA Burial Benefits: Service-Connected or Non-Service Connected – There’s a Benefit for You
