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FED. CIR.–GARDIN v. SHINSEKI– WHO’LL BE FIRST?

Posted on July 9, 2012 by asknod

Very few Vets get to have their names up in lights in perpetuity. Norman Gilbert is one and there are many more over the last twenty three years. Wayne Gardin’s decision here is an example of what sets the stage … Continue reading →

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Top to Bottom Cleaning

Posted on July 9, 2012 by asknod

Member Randy sends us his ideas on how to cure the vA problem. Swab the deck Square your area away Whatever terms you care to use there is a heaping pile of BS needing to be cleared out of DC. … 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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Shinseki’s backlog reduction by 2015 wont be met.

Posted on July 8, 2012 by joeaveragevet

I hope, for Veterans sake, that I am wrong about  VASEC’s promise .  Maybe he will keep his promise, but the numbers don’t add up.    The VA’s promise to fix the backlog by 2015 is largely based on  the VA’s “fuzzy math”.   … Continue reading →

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DEFINITION OF INSANITY

Posted on July 7, 2012 by asknod

Some noted author or famous person who escapes my brain-fogged memory once said that the definition of insanity was repetitively doing something over and over again in hopes of attaining a different (and better?) result. Ah, Google. >>>author Rita Mae Brown in her book … Continue reading →

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CAMP LEJEUNE UPDATE 7/2012

Posted on July 6, 2012 by asknod

This just in from member Shawn who knows where all the bodies are buried back east. It seems Congress is going to finally do something about this horrible mess. I figure they’ll rob Peter to pay Paul in order to … 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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VA BACKLOG IN PERSPECTIVE.

Posted on July 5, 2012 by asknod

I have received numerous queries over that last several months as the news of the vA backlog increasingly dominates the airwaves. I googled backlog and a number of sites pop up including my ruminations on this one. Jim Strickland’s VA … Continue reading →

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FREE LUGGAGE FROM vA

Posted on July 4, 2012 by asknod

In an exciting development for homeless Vets, I discovered these in my travels at the recent jobs expo vA put on in Tacoma last week. Feast your eyes on this! That’s right. Be the envy of your friends under the … Continue reading →

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