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MMQB: Is America Letting PTSD Kill Our Troops?
Many Americans have heard that 22 U.S. veteran kill themselves every day, but many have not thought through what that means on a big scale….
VA 911! Is Your VA Patient Advocate Giving Veterans Bad Tort Claims Advice?
Victims and families of victims of VA malpractice are always shocked when I inform them that their VA patient advocate provided erroneous legal advice when…
Individual Unemployability Myth Destroyed – Vets Can Use Voc Rehab With 100% TDIU
One veteran wrote in this week after being misinformed via an Individual Unemployability myth from a VA Voc Rehab counselor that TDIU veterans couldn’t use…
NPR Finds Link To Disparities In VA Benefits Spending
This week, NPR is covering lives of veterans throughout America in its three part series that started out the revelation that there are disparities in…
Tomah VA Opiate Prescriptions Skyrocket As Psychiatrist ‘Doped-Up’ Veterans
One Tomah VA psychiatrist earned the name “Candy Man” as he doped-up veterans on opiates while hospital staff reported seeing stoned veterans drooling in wait rooms….
MMQB – Did Obama ‘Snub’ Phoenix VA Vets?
Some veterans in Phoenix, AZ cried foul when President Obama’s motorcade sped past the scandal riddled Phoenix VA on his way to speak on the…
West Point Professor Dan Gade Says Disability Pay ‘Harmful’
Professor Dan Gade says disability pay for disabled veterans is “harmful” and that it causes the veteran to “lose the sense of identity and self-worth…
Veteran Snaps Over PTSD Denial, Kills VA Psychologist Following Complaint
Many of you know of the sad events surrounding the shooting of a VA psychologist following a perceived wrongful PTSD denial for benefits at the El…
GAO Audit Shows 63% Of Suicide Cases Improperly Processed
A recent watchdog audit of a sample of VA suicide files found 63% of suicide cases in the audit contained errors including incorrect data. Despite…
ANECDOTE ALLEY – Do Veterans Read VA Claims Denials?
Like many veterans, I did not read my claims denials for the first seven years I fought against VA for erroneous claims denials. This anecdote…
MMQB – VA Employees Call Philadelphia VA Probe ‘Big Joke’
One confidential source reported a flood of allegations from staffers has extended two ongoing Philadelphia VA probes into mismanagement and other problems. The stream of…
Lobbyist Fired Immediately For Involvement With Helman
One Jefferson Consulting Group lobbyist was fired almost immediately for improper involvement with Sharon Helman. Lobbyist Dennis Lewis gave improper gifts to Helman while she ran the…