Posted on 08/18/2015 6:45:42 PM PDT by george76
The Office of Inspector General for Veterans Affairs just found staffers with the Los Angeles VA Regional Office improperly shredded numerous disability claims, tossing them in the trash rather than giving them proper review.
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The IG report also stated: “The shredding of these documents would have prevented the documents from becoming part of the veterans’ permanent record and potentially affect veterans’ benefits.”
Examples of the documents that were shredded included disability-compensation claims submitted by two homeless veterans, and a letter from a medical provider confirming a veteran was unemployable due to “service-connected post-traumatic stress disorder,”
(Excerpt) Read more at wnd.com ...
VA ping.
Not Obama’s fault.
Has any pResident in history stood outside the incompetence of their own administration as much as Obama?
“I found out about it when you did. I’m angry. I’m launching an investigation!”
I am really impressed about the way Zer0 has reformed and rehabilitated the VA to serve Veterans better.
It's not “free” and it's not “healthcare”.
If our elected government officials were forced to enroll in it, it would get fixed overnight.
The outrageous treatment of our vets is a travesty. They need and have more than earned special consideration. Hope these guys sleep well ay night. They should be prosecuted. A defining element in any culture is how it treats it’s veterans.
Grant
One of the VA executives is eventually going to come clean and spill the beans that the Obama Administration told them to delete, delay and deny so that more money could be used to buy Democrat votes.
Yeah, someone in the private sector like JW or Project Veritas needs to get some hard evidence and force a judge to act. This stuff is criminal and these bureaucrats need some jail time. I'd be happy with some of the lower echelon types, because after a short stay in the slammer, they’d all sing like canaries.
Just imagine if the government ran everyone’s health care.
People need to start going to jail.
Happened in Philly, too. Third hand info. Files found in trash can. Whole files. Anyone lose their medical records?
GET RID OF THE FED UNION.
I love the idea of an eye for an eye justice, and think about them NOT sleeping and having the nightmares of those they are leaving behind.
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