Category Archives: Complaints Department

Orlando: The VA Human Resources $52K “Patton” training video

Posted on September 15, 2012 by Laura

Posted by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Boring and expensive VA propaganda.  Video II–innovations?  We’ve seen your innovations in Winston-Salem. Or if embedded video doesn’t play.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRSrfCoeL3s&feature=plcp Thanks Joe Average Vet for reminding us about these outrages.  They spent … Continue reading →

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VA “Maps” and “How to get away with crime?”

Posted on August 27, 2012 by joeaveragevet

What is the The easiest way to ripoff the VA and not be prosecuted?  Do it from the “inside”, not the outside,  as either a VA employee, or contractor.     I thought the VAOIG’s job was to “protect” Veterans, … Continue reading →

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AFGE FED UP WITH THEIR OWN SYSTEM?

Posted on August 27, 2012 by asknod

VA raters are a committed bunch of guys. They do not set out to 86 our claims. They have a set of rules and they are constrained to do their job within the narrow perimeters erected around them. This is … Continue reading →

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Horse Trading

Posted on August 21, 2012 by joeaveragevet

I will see your “tinnitus 10%” and raise your 30% PTSD.  Are you “all in”? Whose money is the VA gambling with?  The Veteran’s?  Is this what they call “Liars Poker”? I have heard of this before where the VA rater/rep … Continue reading →

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HHVETS BACK IN THE NEWS

Posted on August 14, 2012 by asknod

Help Hospitalized Vets (occasionally), Inc. is back in the news. They were caught buying each other private golf club memberships to the tune of $80 K  back in 2008. That was just the tip of the iceberg apparently. They hauled … Continue reading →

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HOMELESS VETS STILL WAITING IN LINE

Posted on August 13, 2012 by asknod

Member Shawn found this and it makes my skin crawl. This is a quote that should give everyone of us pause. Tragically, every year more than 6,500 Veterans voluntarily surrender their lives … victims of bureaucratic battle fatigue. Their solace … Continue reading →

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HEY– YOU VETS ARE EXPENSIVE!

Posted on August 12, 2012 by asknod

Chew on this article. Boot 1.3 million Vets out of VAMCs and save enough money to fight for 12.9 more days in Afland. What are they smoking down in Foggy Bottom? We should be building more VAMCs everywhere because — … Continue reading →

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THE BIG CHICKEN DINNER–WHAT THEY DON’T TELL YOU

Posted on August 12, 2012 by asknod

Many’s the Vet- and even more so now -with these insane year-in, year-out deployments to combat zones, who comes home  slightly bent. I know. I did and couldn’t figure out why everyone was not on the same page with me. You cannot … Continue reading →

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DISGRUNTLED VET

Posted on August 12, 2012 by asknod

I received this today and was initially at a loss for words. I read it moments before the Stardust Radio show began and it festered in my mind until it bubbled over in the broadcast. I do not believe in … Continue reading →

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THE PHYSICS OF TRAVEL PAY

Posted on July 24, 2012 by asknod

Early this year, the line at the travel office window became longer and longer. The VAMC put up some boxes with forms to fill out and apply without waiting each time. Win-win for Vets, right? Well, Virginia-not exactly. The first … Continue reading →

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