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60-Minutes: FDA Wrong To Allow Long Term Use Of Opioids Says Ex-Commissioner
CBS 60 Minutes plans to air its interview with a former FDA commissioner that the agency was wrong to allow long term use of opioids for chronic pain treatment.
Dr. David Kessler said the FDA inappropriately extended the market for opioid use in the 1990s...
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 the most dramatic change to VA benefits in decades that...
CDC Surveillance Project To Access Veterans’ Health Records
Veterans' health records will now be accessed for a CDC surveillance project to evaluate public health data.
In a press release, VA says it will support a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention project called...
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 bribery scheme.
James King is guilty of fraudulently steering 88 clients...
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 increased complexity and due process rights.
Under the Appeals Modernization Act...
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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...
VA Vocational Rehab To Use New Tele-Counseling Software
The Department of Veterans Affairs just announced it will now use new tele-counseling software to help provide VA Vocational Rehab benefits to disabled veterans.
The...
DOJ: Voc Rehab Counselor Guilty, Took Bribes From For-Profit Schools
A former Voc Rehab Counselor pled guilty this week to demanding and receiving bribes to steer veterans to certain for-profit schools for vocational training.
Former...
Congrats To Will Streitberger, Big Changes To VA VR&E On Horizon
I wrote this yesterday right after getting off the phone with the newly confirmed director of VA Vocational Rehabilitation & Employment (VR&E) program Will Streitberger....
Is VA Vocational Rehabilitation About To Improve? VA To Add Nearly 20 Percent New...
The Department of Veterans Affairs finally increased the headcount of its little known VA Vocational Rehabilitation program by hiring 20 percent more counselors.
“The VR&E...
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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...
Disabled Veteran Loses TDIU Pay Over 18 Cents Income In 1 Year
One veteran with a Total Disability Individual Unemployability (TDIU) rating had his disability cut by $1,900 over 18 cents in income from 2017.
Mike Sanders,...
New Anthrax Vaccine Email On Bad Batches Requires Scrutiny
A new anthrax vaccine email purportedly from USAF addressing bad batches and 100 percent disability benefits requires scrutiny.
The new email states soldiers may be...
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60-Minutes: FDA Wrong To Allow Long Term Use Of Opioids Says...
CBS 60 Minutes plans to air its interview with a former FDA commissioner that the agency was wrong to allow long term use of...
CDC Surveillance Project To Access Veterans’ Health Records
Veterans' health records will now be accessed for a CDC surveillance project to evaluate public health data.
In a press release, VA says it will...
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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VA Voc Rehab Counselor Gets 11 Years Prison, Defrauded 88 Disabled...
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 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...
Apple To Access VA Health Records In New iPhone App Release
In a new partnership with VA, Apple will now access VA health records through numerous iPhone apps for veterans willing to accept convenience over...
VA Voc Rehab Counselor Guilty In $2 Mil Bribe Scheme, Steered...
According to DOJ, one VA Voc Rehab Counselor pled guilty of steering veterans into a bad retraining program in exchange for kickbacks that duped...
For Valentines Day, Check Out Documentary ‘They Shall Not Grow Old’
Nothing is more romantic for Valentines Day than curling up with a loved one than a nice bowl of popcorn and a First World...
WashPo Finally Confirms Well Known Parking Lot Suicide Problem
After more than a year working on the story, off and on, Washington Post finally published its article about the high number of veterans...
VA To Pay $111 Million To Swiss Owned Firm For Veteran...
The Department of Veterans Affairs just signed a “comprehensive genomic sequencing” contract for researching veterans with cancer.
The Swiss drugmaker Roche owns the firm, called...
Choice? DoD Admits Plans Underway To Merge With VA Health Care
Bruha over Veterans Choice is distracting the public from a little know DoD plan that could rock the future of VA Health Administration far...
Why Does Congress Need To Remind VA To Be Honest?
In a bipartisan letter to VA Secretary Robert Wilkie, members of Congress reminded him that upcoming major transitions “require VA to be more open,...
Massive Malpractice Reported At Fayetteville VA, 3,000 Instances
Twelve veterans reportedly died and possibly thousands more were victims of error or misdiagnosis by one physician working at the Fayetteville VA Medical Center.
Formerly...
Veterans Choice: Three Things You Need To Know About Proposed Changes
To silence dissent between veterans groups and VA, the agency released its proposed community care standards that increase access to private care.
About a week...
Study Finds Cause Of Spine Surgery Malpractice In Veterans Health Admin
The Clinical Spine Surgery just published the results of a study looking to answer why VA surgeons keep operating on the wrong part 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...
Disabled Veteran Loses TDIU Pay Over 18 Cents Income In 1...
One veteran with a Total Disability Individual Unemployability (TDIU) rating had his disability cut by $1,900 over 18 cents in income from 2017.
Mike Sanders,...
Could VA Suicide Prevention ‘Simple Acts’ Become Stalking?
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) unveiled new promotion strategies to fight high veteran suicide numbers called “simple acts” that may include stalking veterans...
Veterans Affairs Spins Non-VA Emergency Bill Denials With Local Story
The Department of Veterans Affairs is in a full-court press on spinning veterans’ fears that VA will refuse to pay non-VA emergency bills claiming...
Veterans Groups Complain, Locked Out Of VA Mission Act Rulemaking Process
Three of the Big Six veterans groups complained this week after being locked out of the regulatory process for VA Mission Act rulemaking.
They are...
No SDVOSB Set-Aside To Fix Forever GI Bill Software Glitch
To fix the Forever GI Bill software glitch, VA announced it will not use a set-aside for a service-disabled veteran owned small business (SDVOSB).
It...
New Anthrax Vaccine Email On Bad Batches Requires Scrutiny
A new anthrax vaccine email purportedly from USAF addressing bad batches and 100 percent disability benefits requires scrutiny.
The new email states soldiers may be...
