Some time ago, I recall reading of a Veteran who asked if there were any “Secret” VA benefits.   The mere “hint” the VA may reserve some or part of its benefit programs for a “favored few” roused the wrath of some of the “old time” Vets advocates who vehemently denied there were any “Secret” VA benefits and even mocked those who would suggest such a thing.

Still, this NY Times article seems to suggest there are “secret” benefits.

Maybe those doubters should go to this website.  In several years of reading posts on multiple websites, to include va.gov , I have never seen anything posted, ever, on solar panels for Vets.

Maybe I should not use the term “secret VA benefits”, because secret VA benefits do not exist according to the VA.     Instead, I will call them “Well Disguised VA benefits, or, at least,  Not Well Known”.   In VA speak, that’s WDVA/NWK benefits, since the VA LOVES its confuse-acrym’s.  A confuse-acrym, according to the Joe Average Vet dictionary is a VA acronym designed especially to confuse and frustrate new Veteran claimants.    It seems to be a way that “smart” VSO’s and DVA employees love to confuse “newbie” Vet-claimants into believing they are graduates of Harvard DVA school, and that any decision that comes along should NOT be appealed by a Veteran, because any error that may have occurred in the decision is, by definition,  the Veterans own fault.

While on the topic of VA acronyms, there is one that costs the VA mucho.    The 5 P’s.  Most especially the 6th P, as this “P” alone costs the VA millions.  That’s right, for those of you who have listened to your mother and father, the 5 P’s are “Proper Preparation Prevents Poor Performance“.  It might just apply to the VA.

But..the 6th P?  Huh?  If you persist, you will think of the 6th P.   Persistent Veterans cost the VA more money than all the other ones combined.  The VA ofter refers to us a “pesky” Vets, at least when they think we are not listening.    Its easy to deny those  who quickly and easily abandon their claims.    The VA does not even have to send you a notice that you “abandoned” your claim.  All you need do is to fail to file a  VA Form 9…you abandoned your appeal..the famous “Notice of Disagreement” is all for naught if you dont timely file your Form 9.

Remember your 6 P’s, and remember, we are all in this together and I’m pulling for you.  If you know of any WDVA/NWK benefits, please comment, along with a link.