Yesterday the House Veterans Affairs Committee got together for a martini and Morel mushrooms on  toastpoints après dejuner thing. Oh, and yes- they did discuss Veterans. I attach the link to the moaners and groaners. After the GSA debacle, I can’t believe these people don’t brown bag it.

VSOs <veteranszoom.com

I got as far as the blue line being over the pause/play button. I’m sorry. I’ve never heard such a well-polished Dog and Pony show in the last several years. The one I liked was the VFW gentleman telling us his outfit won 30% of their claims before the BVA. Really? 30%? And they are proud of that? They even crowed that that they had a better percentage of wins than lawyers. If they’ve been monkeying around with the claim for 5 years, I hope to smile that they would win 70% of them.

When asked if VA was now hiring more Vets, the DAV guy piped up and observed that they definitely were-why he even knew of a couple himself- an electrician and an orderly at a VAMC-so this was proof-positive that the process was working! They unfortunately didn’t think many were qualified or trainable as claims processors…

All in all, it seemed like the three stooges explaining why the VA was having so much trouble  and these guys are ostensibly their antagonists. The 125-day flying Unicorn was mentioned as was the eventual conquering of the mythic backlog. Louisville was commended and Oakland was besmirched. In sum? Nothing new. Everything is slowly coming together. Errors are few and far between. Communication between everyone (VA and VSOs) is  approaching 100%. What this doesn’t explain is why you and I cannot get them on the phone or to even return the call.