6 Responses to BRAINWASHING-VA STYLE

1. KC says:

   April 12, 2012 at 21:45

   Great. Just friggin’ great. After reading the comments I give up. What a crock of ham turd. And the VA employees have the audacity to get defensive. I honestly find it a miracle I ever got a rating, much less an increase. This dog and pony show PISSES ME THE HELL OFF.

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   • SquidlyOne says:

     April 13, 2012 at 09:19

     Standard fair for the VA.

     Their new “automated” system logic may look something like this:

     IF Veteran was in a non-war period for 4 years or less, put the c-file under the desk with STRS. Then send out goofy letters for one year before denying the claim.

     If Veteran was in a war period for 4 years or less, put STRs in the c-file and then place promptly in shared trash-can. Send out goofy letters for 6 months before denying the claim. If another VA employee runs out of work and pulls the c-file from the trash can; then check claimed disability for presumption and if true, then low-ball the veteran on his disability but only grant after a year.

     If the Veteran was war time and active duty for 10 years or more, then shred the STRs and promptly truncate the c-file.

     Fast Track letter 000-000-000+0: We did our best to throw everything into the fire in 1973 but we still have to find new ways to deny based on no evidence. So each VARO is free to adjust their M-21 accordingly. Just make sure that you don’t leave any proof of your activity laying around the office just in case OIG shows up.

     And remember the Veteran can eat cake and bark at the moon as long as we all continue to get our fat bonus…..give the bone to the Vet! 🙂

     Humor aside, I have been to my local VARO many times in the last year while processing my claims. Most were very young people without any type of military bering, so I doubt they were Vets. Yet they always supply a Vet for the personal discussion. On one visit I got the impression that they just do not want to proces an HCV claim. When I went in for a discussion and to submit evidence for my spinal injury, the VA rep (Gulf War Vet) told me that it is quite difficult to get a 100% total disability schedular rating. Now I concur with that statement. However, why would the VA think like that if a Vet actually has a medical record that indicated that he deserved that total disability rating?

     My answer to that is it is just because of the money and has nothing to do with what the public wants or what is just and right!

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     • Kel says:

       April 13, 2012 at 10:20

       I am convinced that when the raters start adding up a Vet’s conditions and if it hits 100%, thats when the Vet’s evidence suddenly gets trumped by the pathetic excuse for a person with medical initials after their name, hertofore referred to as a “C&P examiner”.

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       • SquidlyOne says:

         April 13, 2012 at 11:23

         Actually I was remiss in giving the proper context and confidence to the VA employees who are working down in the trenches. All of the VA healthcare people and the folks who work at the VARO are very nice people who really do try to do the best job they can. Most people want to help other people, that is just good human nature and most people are good people who want to do the right thing. But it is the managers at the top of the heap that treat us like numbers on a balance sheet.

         I will be attending my third C+P exam in a year here shortly. Look at my last two C+P exams and you will see that the examiner made it sound like I will be a contender in the next NFL draft. You have to know what medical records the examiner should be reviewing before you go. The medical evidence gets “put through the VA sieve” by the examiner. The applesauce left in the pan by the examiner is what the raters look at. The VA seems to have this thing about no evidence is negative evidence. That is how they set you up for the lowball. It can be litigated down the road in 3-4 years but alot can happen before then, like total disability or death.

         I am trying the tactic of going out and getting new medical evaluations just after the exam and then doing a recon with new and material evidence. Then providing the records before the exam and after the exam to show that: “Oh look mom, I am getting sicker and worse!”. I will let ya know how it works out here shortly. This tactic might work for the secondaries of HCV once you are SC for it. However as Mr Nod purports, it appears that a trip to D.C is inevitible for HCV SC much of the time. In my case I wasn’t going to risk another wasted year that the DRO could somehow get hit in the head with the tome of all wisdom and reverse the decision that he/she has been endorsing for the last two years.

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2. KC says:

   April 12, 2012 at 19:51

   I couldn’t get the link to work, sir.

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   • asknod says:

     April 12, 2012 at 20:16

     Try again?

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