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New Rules: How To Appeal VA Vocational Rehabilitation Denials In 2019
The rules have changed. A new buffet of options for initiating appeals processes for VA Voc Rehab denials or lowball offers requires an updated approach.
In 2017, Congress passed new legislation mandating certain changes to the appeals process that was supposed to cut down on...
Is Ocasio-Cortez Feigning Idiocy Fighting Against Veterans Choice?
Even if someone provided Rep. Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez, D-NY, a history lesson on Veterans Choice, would she still try to claim VA isn’t broken?
Ocasio-Cortez recently provided a speech to union members about VA health care...
Veterans Affairs Cerner EHR Replacement For VistA To Cost 60 Percent More
The new Cerner electronic health records replacement for VA’s VistA system will cost 60 percent more after less than one year of implementation, estimated at $16.1 billion.
The original cost estimate for the EHR solution...
Former Lockheed Counter-Intelligence Chief Nominated VA Deputy Secretary
The new VA Deputy Secretary nominee brings significant experience as Lockheed’s former counter-intelligence legal chief and head of privacy.
What does this mean for internal agency policies and processing veterans’ benefits claims? How about whistleblower...
Forever GI Bill May Get A Boost By Restarting Break Pay
A newly proposed bill would end the Department of Veterans Affairs practice of withholding GI Bill benefits during breaks between terms.
Congressman Gilbert Cisneros, Jr. (CA-39) proposed the BREAK PAY for Veterans Act. The bill...
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New Rules: How To Appeal VA Vocational Rehabilitation Denials In 2019
The rules have changed. A new buffet of options for initiating appeals processes for VA Voc Rehab denials or lowball offers requires an updated...
Monthly Pay From VA Vocational Rehabilitation – FY 2019
Disabled veterans unaware of benefits for vocational retraining could be passing up tens or even hundreds of thousands in monthly benefits much less tuition.
Each...
Will New Layer Of Bureaucracy Fix GI Bill, Voc Rehab?
The GI Bill, Vocational Rehabilitation and other education and employment benefits may get a major overhaul should new proposed legislation pass.
Earlier this week, bi-partisan...
Our Facebook Group Just Hit 30,000, No Russian Bots Needed
It has taken ten darn years, and our Facebook group focusing on VA Vocational Rehabilitation & Employment just hit 30,000 members - - no...
VA Voc Rehab Counselor Gets 11 Years Prison, Defrauded 88 Disabled Vets
One VA employee working as a Voc Rehab Counselor was sentenced Friday to 11 years for defrauding 88 disabled veterans in a $2 million...
VA Voc Rehab Counselor Guilty In $2 Mil Bribe Scheme, Steered Vets Into Bad...
According to DOJ, one VA Voc Rehab Counselor pled guilty of steering veterans into a bad retraining program in exchange for kickbacks that duped...
Disability Compensation News
New Traumatic Brain Injury Blood Test Approved By FDA
Health.mil just announced a new blood test to help detect serious traumatic brain injuries was approved by the Food and Drug Administration.
Using tax dollars,...
TDIU: How To Get Total Disability Individual Unemployability In 2019
Individual Unemployability (IU) is one of the top VA benefits for disabled veterans, but a lot of confusion and myths surround the benefit that...
Veterans Affairs Launches New Claims And Appeals Modernization Process
The Department of Veterans Affairs just released its new procedures governing benefits claims and appeals as part of the 2017 appeals modernization laws.
This is...
VA Benefits Rolls Out Biggest Appeals Changes In Decades Next Week
The biggest changes to VA benefits appeals in decades will roll out next week that will speed up some claims at the expense of...
Questions For Today’s VBA Stakeholder Meeting, 2 PM EST (Sign Up!)
The Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) is holding a stakeholder meeting on January 31 at 2:00 pm EST that all veterans should sign up to...
Vietnam Veterans To Win VA Benefits Worth Thousands After Court Ruling
A new Federal Circuit decision will result in awards of VA benefits to up to 90,000 "blue water" Vietnam veterans previously denied benefits based...
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Is Ocasio-Cortez Feigning Idiocy Fighting Against Veterans Choice?
Even if someone provided Rep. Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez, D-NY, a history lesson on Veterans Choice, would she still try to claim VA isn’t broken?
Ocasio-Cortez recently...
Veterans Affairs Cerner EHR Replacement For VistA To Cost 60 Percent...
The new Cerner electronic health records replacement for VA’s VistA system will cost 60 percent more after less than one year of implementation, estimated...
Disruptive Behavior Committees
Disruptive Behavior Committees
Veterans Still In Dark On Communist Style Patient Flagging System
A new VA OIG report into Disruptive Behavior Committees and Patient Record Flags shows VA...
Paranoid VA Officials Paint Veterans As Crazed Psychos
Paranoid VA officials use hyperbole and fear mongering to justify an unethical policy to reduce...
Illegal VA Complaints Strategy Against Veterans Exposed
Last week, journalist Angela Rae exposed despicable treatment of veterans through a little known process...
Senior VA Employees Retaliate Against Sick Veterans
How would America respond if it knew the Department of Veterans Affairs was using totalitarian...
Michelle Malkin Exposes Soviet Style VA Flag System
Michelle Malkin of Fox News exposed the scandalous VA flag system using stories of DisabledVeterans.org...
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Former Lockheed Counter-Intelligence Chief Nominated VA Deputy Secretary
The new VA Deputy Secretary nominee brings significant experience as Lockheed’s former counter-intelligence legal chief and head of privacy.
What does this mean for internal...
Forever GI Bill May Get A Boost By Restarting Break Pay
A newly proposed bill would end the Department of Veterans Affairs practice of withholding GI Bill benefits during breaks between terms.
Congressman Gilbert Cisneros, Jr....
Austin VA Veteran Suicide Witness, ‘It Was Just A Big Clusterf**k’
The scene of the Austin VA suicide this week turned into “a big clusterf**k” according to one onlooker at the facility.
One veteran in crisis walking...
Bad Patient Advocate Meeting Ends In Veteran Suicide
A shocking report has surfaced out of Austin VA Clinic where a veteran killed himself with a gun after an unsuccessful meeting with clinic...
Two Veteran Suicides At Separate Georgia VA Facilities Over Weekend
Tragedy struck at two separate Veterans Affairs hospitals over the weekend as two veteran suicides occurred.
VA will not disclose the identities or circumstances of...
Monthly Pay From VA Vocational Rehabilitation – FY 2019
Disabled veterans unaware of benefits for vocational retraining could be passing up tens or even hundreds of thousands in monthly benefits much less tuition.
Each...
Will New Layer Of Bureaucracy Fix GI Bill, Voc Rehab?
The GI Bill, Vocational Rehabilitation and other education and employment benefits may get a major overhaul should new proposed legislation pass.
Earlier this week, bi-partisan...
Veterans Lose Major Voice As Journalist Retires, ‘Military Update’ Ends
Veterans just lost a major voice in journalism now that Tom Philpott of the Military Update column retired last week.
After 25 long years on...
Suicidal Veteran Arrested For Veterans Crisis Line Threats
A suicidal veteran was arrested recently for threatening statements he made during a call with a Veterans Crisis Line operator.
Veteran Mark W. Sweeny appeared...
West Palm Beach VA Refusal To Discharge Ended In Suicide
Details of the horrifically tragic suicide at West Palm Beach VA Medical Center are starting to roll-out after we first exposed the failed cover-up...
Our Facebook Group Just Hit 30,000, No Russian Bots Needed
It has taken ten darn years, and our Facebook group focusing on VA Vocational Rehabilitation & Employment just hit 30,000 members - - no...
Social Media Marketing World: Why We Are Going Next Year –...
My wife and I have been to loads of conferences over the years… and while my brain is still fried from the #SMMW19 (Social Media...
VA To Prescribe ‘Investigational’ Depression Treatment
VA failed to list many "common side effects” of risky ketamine derivative Spravato to be used in treating depression in veterans from its press...
VA Caregiver Director Departs, Memes Blamed For Snubbing
The national director of the VA Caregiver Program will soon depart, but not before snubbing Veteran Warriors over memes posted by an organization volunteer.
Meg...
On The Road – Social Media Marketing World – #SMMW19
I wanted to take a minute to let my regular readers know my lack of publishing the last two days has everything to do...
New Traumatic Brain Injury Blood Test Approved By FDA
Health.mil just announced a new blood test to help detect serious traumatic brain injuries was approved by the Food and Drug Administration.
Using tax dollars,...
West Palm Beach VA: Weeks After Shooting, 33 Yr Old Veteran...
Just two weeks ago, West Palm Beach VA hit the headlines following confirmed reports of a shooting. Now, a whistleblower says a veteran suicide...
VA Boasts ‘Positive Outcomes’ While Veteran Suicides Are Unchanged
Grabbing headlines, VA spun “positive outcomes” to create the appearance of progress while veteran suicide numbers increase for younger veterans.
The Department of Veterans Affairs...
‘All’ Veteran Cancer Survivors To Be Enrolled In New Genetic Testing...
The Department of Veterans Affairs is rolling out a genetic testing program for all cancer survivors starting with Durham VA Medical Center linked to...
Trump Pumps More Money Into VA Budget, ‘Biggest Ever’
The Trump Administration proposed a 10 percent budget increase for the Department of Veterans Affairs to a record $220 billion.
The budget proposal included $123.2...
