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MMQB: VA Accountability Overhaul finds Resistance
Every time someone comes up with a good idea to fix VA, special interests almost always get in the way. It is as though VA…
Template to Investigate Your VA Voc Rehab Denial
VA Voc Rehab is moving further and further away from giving veterans proper notice following a denial. This post will help you sort through the red…
Voc Rehab Workarounds for Veterans with Degrees
Have degree will travel. That’s the attitude of many veterans trying to get into the VA Voc Rehab Program, who are also hoping to get…
Military Reprisal & Whistleblowers: What You Should Know
Reprisal and whistleblowers fight back. Women’s rights and Victim’s rights are gaining more steam in Washington DC due to the bravery of whistleblowers from within…
MMQB: Supersized Bill Likely a DOA, says AMVETS
In the country that invented Happy Meals, supersizing has become a way of life, whether it be a truck or a Whopper meal. Congress is…
Get Your VA Claims File: Know what VA Knows about You
I remember my first FOIA / Privacy Act request for my VA claims file like it was yesterday. The wind was blowing through my hair;…
Mental Kung Fu: VA Wordsmithery Rule of Thumb Tip #374
VA spins words like they do not have meaning and then combines those words into rules that defy the imagination. It makes it almost impossible…
VR&E Does Pay for Moving Expenses
It is official. VA Vocational Rehab does pay for moving in certain situations, and here they are. One veteran wrote in last week asking about…
MMQB: Ever Wonder how to Sue the Department of Veterans Affairs?
This is the topic of the day in many veteran circles these days in light of major problems veterans have faced. Veterans want justice, but…
Is it Time for America to put VA in Timeout?
This one goes into the “are you flipping kidding me” file. It sounds like VA is ready to jump back on that expensive horse taxpayers…
VA Paperless System Shut Down
Just in, VBA circulated a message recently that VA regional offices are to cease using its touted VBMS claims system until further notice. Until then,…
VA Brags Up Its Mental Health Care
VA sent me an email yesterday telling me how great of a job they are doing with mental health. This is, of course, ironic in…