I didn’t make it up.  The court reversed itself.

http://www.military.com/news/article/judge-va-mental-health-system-requires-govt-fix.html?ESRC=eb.nl

In 2008, the judges said,

“The VA’s unchecked incompetence has gone on long enough; no more veterans should be compelled to agonize or perish while the government fails to perform its obligations.”

However, according to the report,

“ The Obama administration appealed, persuading the 9th Circuit to overturn that decision. Only 9th Circuit Judge Mary Schroeder dissented, expressing concern it leaves veterans in a “Catch-22″ position because they can’t turn to the courts if the VA fails to respond to their cases.”

An attorney representing Veterans said the government’s position “gives the VA carte blanche to do anything it wants to veterans.”

Funny, I thought Lincoln’s promise was for the VA to do things FOR Vets, not “to” them.

Now, Veterans are left wondering whose fault it is that Veterans are unable to obtain neither their benefits nor mental health care timely contrary to Lincoln’s promise to care for the Veteran and his widow.

The VA has thought of this, too.  The VA says its Veterans fault, because too many of us applied for benefits at once, with the VA often citing the large number of Veterans seeking benefits when trying to “explain away” their failure to address either the claims backlog or mental health care backlog.       I’m speculating that is also because the VA thinks the requirement they hire Vets is also why Vets are the problem.

I dont know..Im just a “Joe Average Vet” but I smell something very fishy at VACO and  Washington, DC.