Category Archives: Complaints Department

Why OSC?

Posted on June 17, 2012 by joeaveragevet

Yesterday I published an article on an OSC poll.  About a third of you guessed that OSC was the “Office of Special Counsel”.   You were correct, but what has that got to do with anything? A  few weeks ago, … Continue reading →

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Can we trust the VA?

Posted on June 14, 2012 by joeaveragevet

Many Vets have mixed feelings whether to trust the VA or not while others have a strong opinion one way or the other.    On one hand, Veterans who have weaved through the disability maze at the VA receive their compensation checks … Continue reading →

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PENSION FLIM-FLAMMING

Posted on June 11, 2012 by asknod

Giving credit where credit is due, member Shawn sends us this morsel. It’s a sore point with me and others where our Veterans assets are disbursed. This really hit home for me in 2010 when my wife’s father passed away. … Continue reading →

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Veteran Homelessness: VA execs..can you spare 400 million?

Posted on June 10, 2012 by joeaveragevet

According to military.com, the VA paid out $400 million dollars in bonuses last year.  What would happen if that money went to homeless Vets instead? While the VA reports that they have reduced homelessness by 12%, I remain skeptical because … Continue reading →

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53% ERROR RATE IN PERSPECTIVE

Posted on June 9, 2012 by asknod

Re  Joe Average Vet’s post on a 53% error rate just at the SDRO. I have had vast volumes of private mail on that subject and 40+ hits every day since it was posted. Let us put this in perspective. … Continue reading →

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BANISHED FROM THE PROMISED LAND

Posted on June 5, 2012 by asknod

On the one day we honor and remember our fallen from all wars including the Indochinese peninsula, I hear from numerous Vets of some troubling news. As most know, I strive to keep this site politically neutral because I respect … Continue reading →

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CATCH 23–TOUGH LUCK

Posted on June 2, 2012 by asknod

Nashville, Tennessee Imagine reporting for your colonoscopy at the VA. Sanitary protocols are in place now, right? We’re talking 2008 and forward. In RO and BVA decisions , they constantly dredge up the fact that while there may have been … Continue reading →

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BVA–WHERE’S THE 2012 DECISIONS?

Posted on May 26, 2012 by asknod

I know this is inconsequential. but over the years I’ve looked forward to the  BVA  timely publishing their decision so as to see a pattern in their latest denial tactics. Here we are at Memorial Day weekend and we still … Continue reading →

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Does the VA retaliate?

Posted on May 19, 2012 by joeaveragevet

Often Veterans ask, “Does the VA retaliate”, or is the VA just another ineptocracy: (in-ep-toc’-ra-cy) – a system of government where the least capable to lead are elected by the least capable of producing, and where the members of society … Continue reading →

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Marine Wounded Warriors Battalion

Posted on May 18, 2012 by asknod

Camp Lejeune  is back in the news again and this time it’s not because of something in the water. I always worry about public appearances and perceptions of Veterans where they are used as poster material. When we came home … Continue reading →

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