Tag Archives: News from vA

VAOIG DOES LITTLEROCK

Posted on July 27, 2012 by asknod

As expected, the OIG review of the Little Rock Arkansas VARO didn’t fare any better than others sampled this past year. A sixty percent error rate on TDIU and a 22 percent one on some of the most difficult claims … Continue reading →

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ONCE UPON A TIME IN LINCOLN LOGVILLE

Posted on July 16, 2012 by asknod

I love happy endings. We conducted this inspection to evaluate how well the Lincoln VARO accomplishes this mission. Of the 51 VAROs we have inspected since April 2009, the Lincoln VARO ranked in the top 6 percent for claims processing … 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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VA’s newest plan to fix the backlog

Posted on July 12, 2012 by joeaveragevet

This new editorial explains a little about how Shinseki is going to reduce the backlog by 2015, amidst a growing number of doubters. Once again, the VA promises to reduce the backlog. Among the skeptics is this 94 year old … 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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WHERE HAVE ALL THE DOCTORS GONE?

Posted on June 29, 2012 by asknod

Ever wonder where that reprobate excuse for a doctor disappeared to after he amputated the wrong leg off your uncle? How about the doctor who 86d the appendix when he should have been looking over to the right at the … Continue reading →

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VA: Fixing Fiduciary problems too costly

Posted on June 27, 2012 by joeaveragevet

No, I didn’t  make this stuff up.    When congress wanted to know why the VA does not have more oversight on things like convicts and gamblers having control over Veterans finances, ultimately stealing their money, the VA responded they … Continue reading →

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HOUSE RESOLUTION 4072–HUH?

Posted on June 17, 2012 by asknod

Member Squidley spotted this one. He’s like white on rice on this facet of vA monkeyshines.   HR 4072- Consolidating Veteran Employment Services for Improved Performance Act of 2012 H.R. 4072, the “Consolidating Veteran Employment Services for Improved Performance Act … Continue reading →

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

Posted on June 12, 2012 by joeaveragevet

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

Posted on June 12, 2012 by asknod

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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