Category Archives: VA BACKLOG

HOUSE VA D&P SHOW

Here’s the latest on the vA’s attempt to explain their myriad problems in vAspeak. I admire retired Brig. Gen. Hickey’s vain attempts to convince all that an elephant can indeed disappear up it’s own ass. P.S. One thing I took … Continue reading

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VA CLAIMS BACKLOG DIRECTLY LINKED TO ERRORS

I finally feel vindicated. The Emperor is acknowledging, or will soon after the dressing down in Congress yesterday, that the reason for the humongous backlog is the high error rate. If the errors promulgated at the VARO were severely reduced … Continue reading

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AO CLAIMS ALMOST COMPLETE

This just in from member Shawn-vA claims they are virtually caught up with the AO backlog caused by Congress’ addition of the new presumptives on AO. They act like they built the Eiffel Tower overnight from the way it’s reported. … Continue reading

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Congress to VA: Reduce the Backlog or else!!

There must be an election coming up! Congress passes bill requiring VA to reduce backlog of disability claims. HR 5854 The Bay Citizen By Andy Wright Last night, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill requiring the Department of … Continue reading

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VA’s newest “homeless solution”: Smart Phone application?

A few days ago, I pointed out that instead of paying out about 400 million in bonuses, the VA could instead award about 74,400 homeless Vets each a 40% disability rating.  Instead of paying homeless Vets, they propose to give them … Continue reading

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VHA–GIT ‘ER DONE

File this one under “We’re paddlin’ as fast as we can!” Member Randy sends us this from his sleuthing everywhere. Sometimes PR flacks tend to be too exuberant and overstate what they were given to disseminate to the mainstream media … Continue reading

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53% ERROR RATE IN PERSPECTIVE

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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THE 20,000 FT. TEST

I always got a bang out of B-52 milk truck drivers. They’d belly up to  the stag bar and regale each other with their “mission”. As in “There we were at Angels 20 and we cut lose. The gooks never … Continue reading

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125 DAYS WHEN?

I am interested in your thoughts on all this. Here is a poll that will illuminate us all in how confident you are in vA’s promises to reach a 125-day schedule. America wants to know, too. Vote Chicago style-again and … Continue reading

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THAT PESKY vA MATH AGAIN… IT DOESN’T ADD UP

A few months ago Secretary Shinseki patted himself on the back touting the success of his Veterans homeless programs: But wait..there’s more!  It’s that “VA math time again” that adds 50% and 30% and gets 70%!  Once again, the numbers … Continue reading

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