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15 years ago @ VA Watchdog dot Org --... - AS VA PUBLISHES NEW PT... · 0 replies · +2 points

For all the discussion on the role of the Mental Health Professionals, nobody seems to be discussing the fact that adjudicative personnel will be making
the determination whether or not the stressor is "consistent with the places, types, and circumstances of (the vet's) service". What sort of training will VA's
25 year-old new hires get concerning the places, types and circumstances of service in Vietnam, Korea, WWII?

16 years ago @ VA Watchdog dot Org --... - VA UNVEILS PLANS TO ST... · 1 reply · +1 points

Salt Lake City Regional Office uses this "paperless" electronic system for processing original claims for new vets. I see a lot of the awards. They may do them quickly, but about all I ever see 0-10-20% disabilities. I see a lot of 0% PTSD awards!! They may be fast, but the vet is then faced with an appeal that still takes years before they get an appropriate percentage. New equipment-Same old attitude.

Also, did this slideshow just re-define "backlog"? It states that there are 179,000 claims in the "backlog", which is defined as over 125 days old. Apparently, a claim is not even in the backlog for 3 1/2 months!!

16 years ago @ VA Watchdog dot Org --... - THE VETERANS BENEFITS ... · 1 reply · +1 points

The only 100% "pass" was iIem 10. All the RO's had implemented the "Claims Process Improvement" plan that was supposed to improve proccessing by specializing tasks. I hope somebody in VA's top management will look at this and realize that reorganization amounted largely to rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.

16 years ago @ VA Watchdog dot Org --... - IS THE VA READY FOR TH... · 1 reply · +1 points

VA is ready - just like it was ready for the influx of vets into the new GI Bill this Fall.

16 years ago @ VA Watchdog dot Org --... - TEXAS GOV. TO HELP CUT... · 3 replies · +1 points

What will be the role of these Texas "counselors"? It looks like they are VSO's with no real ability to impact any single claim. This is simply a case of a politician looking to shore up veteran support for his next campaign.

16 years ago @ VA Watchdog dot Org --... - VA WANTS MONEY FROM VE... · 1 reply · +1 points

The VA has thousands of these debts on its books from the old GI Bill. As more Vietnam era vets qualify for Compensation, Pension or even Social Security, VA will be reducing their checks to pay off these debts.

16 years ago @ VA Watchdog dot Org --... - HOW SOME VA EMPLOYEES ... · 0 replies · 0 points

What goes around comes around. In the 1990's the VA jumped on the "Quality Improvement" bandwagon and set up teams to study problems and solve them with data. Most solutions proposed by employee teams involved pay increases, travel to faraway training conferences and setting up things like "quiet time" where the vets and other employees could not bother the staff - thereby increasing productivity. It looks like things have not changed much.

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