Monthly Archives: July 2012

Shinseki’s backlog reduction by 2015 wont be met.

Posted on July 8, 2012 by joeaveragevet

I hope, for Veterans sake, that I am wrong about  VASEC’s promise .  Maybe he will keep his promise, but the numbers don’t add up.    The VA’s promise to fix the backlog by 2015 is largely based on  the VA’s “fuzzy math”.   … Continue reading →

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DEFINITION OF INSANITY

Posted on July 7, 2012 by asknod

Some noted author or famous person who escapes my brain-fogged memory once said that the definition of insanity was repetitively doing something over and over again in hopes of attaining a different (and better?) result. Ah, Google. >>>author Rita Mae Brown in her book … Continue reading →

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CAMP LEJEUNE UPDATE 7/2012

Posted on July 6, 2012 by asknod

This just in from member Shawn who knows where all the bodies are buried back east. It seems Congress is going to finally do something about this horrible mess. I figure they’ll rob Peter to pay Paul in order to … Continue reading →

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VA Employees Meet quotas by denying Vets

Posted on July 5, 2012 by joeaveragevet

According to the New York Times, the employees at the Columbia, South Carolina’s VA Regional Office deny Veterans claims because it is faster and helps them meet quotas. The Times article says it this way: “They’ve implemented so much stuff, … Continue reading →

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VA BACKLOG IN PERSPECTIVE.

Posted on July 5, 2012 by asknod

I have received numerous queries over that last several months as the news of the vA backlog increasingly dominates the airwaves. I googled backlog and a number of sites pop up including my ruminations on this one. Jim Strickland’s VA … Continue reading →

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FREE LUGGAGE FROM vA

Posted on July 4, 2012 by asknod

In an exciting development for homeless Vets, I discovered these in my travels at the recent jobs expo vA put on in Tacoma last week. Feast your eyes on this! That’s right. Be the envy of your friends under the … Continue reading →

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How to find VA’s errors in your claim?

Posted on July 4, 2012 by joeaveragevet

Recently, I published an article explaining that more than 76% of BVA decisions are in error, based on Bart Stichman’s Testimony to Congress.  Regional Office Decisions would actually be worse than that, because, remember, to get your claim to the … Continue reading →

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WARM, FUZZY vA GOODWILL

Posted on July 4, 2012 by asknod

Member Kel sent this in to me this morning. I read a small blurb about it in the fishwrap yesterday morning but ignored it as more bloviating on vA’s part in an effort to take our consciousness off their myriad shortcomings … Continue reading →

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76.4% of BVA decisions are wrong (and not in the Veterans favor, either!)

Posted on July 3, 2012 by joeaveragevet

Nope.  I did not make this up.  This is Bart Stichman’s testimony to Congress who said it.  For those of you who dont know Bart Stichman,  he is the Executive Director of the NVLSP, and the author of much of … Continue reading →

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ULUZ@VA.GOV

Posted on July 3, 2012 by asknod

In an exciting development, vA today proudly unveiled their latest addition to Ebenefits. When accessing the site, you can now click on their link in the upper right hand corner and find out in advance what your decision will be … Continue reading →

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