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Veterans Affairs To Resume Healthcare Quality Data Sharing
Veterans Affairs just announced it will restart data sharing its healthcare quality numbers the day after USA Today exposed what the agency was doing. VA…
VA Now Withholds Healthcare Quality Data In Violation Of Law
VA is required by law to share healthcare quality of its facilities, but it stopped doing so very quietly as of July 1, just before…
New Website, My VA Story, Collects Anonymous VA Horror Stories
A new website, My VA Story, will allow veterans to submit horror stories about the Department of Veterans Affairs because DC is not getting the message….
POLIFACT: Clinton Claim Trump Says He Will Privatize VA ‘Mostly False’
Polifact evaluated the Hillary Clinton claim that Donald Trump says he will privatize VA and concluded Clinton’s assertion was ‘mostly false.’ So what else is…
VA Cops Failed To Notice Vietnam Veteran Shot Self Outside ER
Last weekend, it took a passerby to alert VA cops that a dead veteran was lying on the front lawn of Des Moines VA who…
HEP C – VA Calls Lack Of Funding, Death Panels Use, ‘Very Controversial’
VA’s hepatitis C program head acknowledged veterans’ fear of VA health care is a hurdle to treating all infected veterans, which included death panels to…
TBI, Medical Opinions And All Important Medical Literature
One important part of a veteran’s traumatic brain injury claim, or any claim, is the use of medical literature to turn your injury into one…
Happy Labor Day – Lots Of VA-Centric Drama Last Week
I wanted to wish my loyal readers and VA employees / contractors who are faithfully reading this website a happy Labor Day, and who read the…
VA Lied To CNN, McDonald Gave Award To Denounced Foundation Head
Leaked photos show VA likely lied to CNN when it claimed the agency was “unaware” that VA employee J Thomas Burch was also head of…
How Was Veterans Affairs ‘Unaware’ Of Thomas Burch Fundraising Scheme?
Veterans Affairs says it was unaware VA attorney J. Thomas Burch, Jr. was raising millions as president of the worst charity veterans charity, his second…
$305k – Agency Tries To Pay VA Whistleblower Who Won’t Quit
In an anti-corruption scandal, Veterans Affairs is unable to pay off one VA whistleblower that refused to falsify records in an illegal termination scheme. The…
When Presenting Claim Evidence, Context Is Everything
A buddy of mine retiring from service just asked about how to present claim evidence for his disability, and there is one bit of advice…