Category Archives: vA news

VSO’s Report Card for 2011

Posted on July 15, 2012 by joeaveragevet

Some time ago, a popular blogger made a reference that VSO’s “had better records” than attorneys.   Being a curious fellow, I had to check it out to see if his “bragging” had any substance.  It did not.     … Continue reading →

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BVA–WHERE ARE THOSE 2012 DECISIONS?

Posted on July 15, 2012 by asknod

    Up to now, this was merely an annoying delay. What is becoming apparent is that the publishers entrusted with getting decisions out in the online version are callously ignoring us and failing to publish them. Or, conversely, they are disabling … Continue reading →

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HOMELESS VET WINS VHA BENEFITS

Posted on July 14, 2012 by asknod

Member Randy found this homeless Connecticut Yankee banished from King Eric’s Court. Its living proof that you can fight the system and win. Oddly, very few try what this gentleman did. Thank goodness someone gave him that helping hand. Sometimes its … Continue reading →

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EMPTY HOMES AND EMPTY PROMISES

Posted on July 13, 2012 by asknod

I received this tweet from the tweeter gods. To be truthful, I didn’t know I had a tweetermatic. It just showed up. And look what it said. Well, actually I did some digging to see who Aaron Glantz was. The … Continue reading →

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ANOTHER HICKEYGRAM

Posted on July 12, 2012 by asknod

In what is perhaps a redux of the famous Z-grams which Rear Admiral Elmo Zumwalt used to issue in the 70s on operational procedures in the Navy, so too is Undersecretary of the VA for Benefits Allison  A. Hickey similarly … Continue reading →

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HAL 9000 SERIES–THE M-21 1MR

Posted on July 11, 2012 by asknod

Meet the new, improved M21-1MR WARMS Computer. I bet that all this time you thought  there were little munchkins running to and fro down at the RO with C-files balanced on their heads. Busy, busy, busy. Or not. What is … Continue reading →

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Each day, 18 more Vets killed on “Highway 1”

Posted on July 8, 2012 by joeaveragevet

In 1999, a group of private companies, such as Kodak, Cisco,  IBM, and  Microsoft got together and developed a system for the VA to use to convert the VA paper claim system to electronic processing called “Highway 1” at no … Continue reading →

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Why is the VA so broken?

Posted on July 8, 2012 by joeaveragevet

Bob Filner talks to Rachel Maddow on why the VA is so broken, here. So, why is the VA so “broken”? There is a “culture of denial”  at the VA that is “anti Veteran”, and often overlooks fellow employees violating … 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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HARDSHIP CLAIMS

Posted on June 29, 2012 by asknod

One would think that the vA would have a soft spot for those Veterans who are so horribly disadvantaged that they find themselves financially or medically strapped to meet their obligations. When they succumb to lack of funds and are forced to … Continue reading →

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