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WSJ – VA Approval Sinks Amidst Constant Scandals
VA approval sunk 16 percentage points over the past year since fraud and savagery was first revealed by VA staff against defenseless and desperate veterans…
MMQB: VA Pays Out Nearly $1 Mil In Veteran Wrongful Death
One Puget Sound family successfully sued VA in the wrongful death of veteran Cliff Douglass after its delayed treatment of skin cancer that resulted in…
VA Regional Counsel Tip – All Claimants Must Sign On The Line
I talked with a VA Region Counsel attorney about the steps they prefer when a claimant submits an SF-95 tort claim. Here is what he…
VA Whistleblowers Get Payoff
This Tuesday, VA announced it is offering payoffs to VA whistleblowers who faced retaliation nationwide after filing complaints about wrongdoing at VA hospitals and clinics….
Brockton VA Caught In Potential Legionnaires’ Disease Cover-Up
Veterans are coming forward after learning Brockton VA was engaged in a potential cover-up a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak. Legionnaires’ was first believed present on October 14, 2014…
Minneapolis VA Creates New Standing Wheelchair Prototype
Paralyzed Veterans of America funded the development of a new standing wheelchair prototype at Minneapolis VA to help paralyzed veterans be more productive in daily…
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…