Tag Archives: News from vA

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

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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FREE VA MEDICAL FOR LIFE

  From Patricia at HCVets… My, how considerate of the MiamiVAMC to offer free medical for life to the 5 Veterans who came down with HIV, the eight who tested positive for HCV and the sole Vet who contracted Hepatitis … Continue reading

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BVA–2012 DECISIONS OUT…OR NOT

BvA’s new decisions through the end of March are out. I notice there are already 15, 652 listed just for Hepatitis. Pardon my French but Holy shit, Batman! That is a lot of sick Veterans. If this represents just the appeals … Continue reading

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CATCH 23–TOUGH LUCK

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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CONGRESS PASSES VETS BILL

This was almost a foregone conclusion. No one was going to commit political hari kiri and fall on their sword. It shows they have the stomach to do the right thing. Never before have we used troops like paper towels … Continue reading

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vA–MAKING VETS MISERABLE FOR TWO CENTURIES.

Ah, yes. The vA. This is the unofficial 200 year centennial for this exalted Administration. In it’s earliest incarnation after the War of 1812, pensions were first awarded for long and faithful service as well as being maimed to the … Continue reading

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Does the VA retaliate?

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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VHA–Innovative Delays

Imagine you’re member JM. You have some issues with a toasted knee in service in 2005. You’ve gone through all the vA hoopla to get in and be seen. You’re scheduled for a new MRI (back in March) for this … Continue reading

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Judge: ” unchecked VA incompetence” is the Fault of Congress

I didn’t make it up.  The court reversed itself. http://www.military.com/news/article/judge-va-mental-health-system-requires-govt-fix.html?ESRC=eb.nl In 2008, the judges said, “The VA’s unchecked incompetence has gone on long enough; no more veterans should be compelled to agonize or perish while the government fails to perform … Continue reading

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VA–A NEW CULTURE OF TRANSPARENCY

I always get a bang out of vA press releases. In this instance, it sounds so noble and altruistic. Always the the jerk who looks at the underbelly of the beast, I examine it from the pre-transparency era. In other … Continue reading

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