Next Veterans Scandal? The Benefits Denial, Review, and Appeal Process

[CorpGovActivist]

Only 7 active judges review final decisions of the Board of Veterans' Appeals (BVA):

http://www.vetapp.uscourts.gov/about/

http://www.vetapp.uscourts.gov/about/History.cfm

That's only 7 active judges, to hear all the BVA appeals from the entire nation.

Well, maybe the BVA is a well-run agency, with plenty of information for veterans to resolve their problems at the lower level, right?

Think again: http://www.va.gov/landing_bva.htm

- Dave

[Monkeyman]

1. Yep and its getting worse by the day

600,000 denied health care last year. 151,000 returning troops on that list

[CorpGovActivist]

2. The Docket Backlog...

... is likely to become a blockbuster story soon.

- Dave

[Monkeyman]

3. Yep March 8th VVA will bring this up at the hearing

[CorpGovActivist]

4. Glad to Hear It...

... and I suspect the MSM will start zeroing in on this aspect very soon.

Picture it: a half dozen veterans from Afghanistan and Iraq, surrounded by the paperwork (read: red tape) associated with their attempts to take advantage of their benefits.

- Dave

[DemReadingDU]

5. I quickly read this that vets would be surrounded in red tape

now that would be quite an image, vets all wrapped in red tape!

:)

[UTUSN]

6. K&R for thanks for this. Almost lost it, and in looking for it, your many threads,

CorpGovActivist, have put out a LOT of VERY INTERESTING AND IMPORTANT information. Who ARE you??!!1 Haha, THANKS. :hi: