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Board of Veterans Appeals worse now than before
George W. Bush took office!
Remember when candidate G.W. Bush told all of us disabled military veterans that "help is on the way" back during the 2000 presidential campaign? Well, let's examine just how much more "help" we've gotten, OK? The average time for a disability compensation case appeal has actually gotten WORSE since Bush has been in office! We can't afford much more "help" like Bush and company are giving us! This is absolute BULL$HIT! The average time to complete a Board of Veterans Appeals case takes the following amount of time according to the BVA. Chairman's report to Congress 2003, and projected 2004: 1. 790 days to certification to the Board of Veterans Appeals. and, 2. 425 days until a final decision by the Board. ---- "FOR A TOTAL OF 1215 DAYS" ----- ( see: 2002 report at: http://www.va.gov/vbs/bva/annual_rpt.htm ). NOTE: This is more than 3 times as long as the Social Security Administration does the average claim. According to the National Association of Social Security Representatives, it takes about 4 months for an original decision; and about 4 months for a reconsideration decision, and about 1 year (365) days for an Appeal decision from an Administrative Law Judge (see: http://www.nosscr.org/ ). or -- JUST 605 days--. The 1215 days the Board Appeals Decision takes does not even include the hundreds and hundreds of days for the needless remands to the Regional Office, which the Board orders as a stalling tactic. The Board of Veterans Appeals and the Regional Office should be investigated and put out of Business for corruption and incompetence. I urge everyone to contact your Congressman and request that a full investigation into the VA claims system be done, and that the VA adjudication system be thrown-out, and allow veterans to go to their nearest Federal District Court for any appeals. ALL BOARD OF VETERANS APPEALS MEMBERS; ATTORNEYS, AND MOST VA ADJUDICATORS SHOULD BE GIVEN THEIR PINK-SLIP AND TOLD TO CLEAR-OUT THEIR OFFICE DESK. The Active U.S. Military are being ground-up today in military action all over the world, and when they try to file a VA claim when they get home; they face a bunch of thugs, and organized crime bosses which populate the Board of Veterans Appeals and VA Regional Offices. All of which President Bush claimed HE was going to correct! Contact your Congressman and the President (don't expect much help here though) today. president@whitehouse.gov, vice.president@whitehouse.gov, bvacontact@mail.va.gov, bvaombudsman@mail.va.gov And Fax Congress: VA Secretary: 1-202-273-4877 House veterans committee fax: 1-202-225-2034 Senate veterans committee fax: 1-202-224-8908 ################### The BEST way to correct this $hit is to VOTE BUSHS" A$$ OUT OF OFFICE next election! |
Gimpy....what are you going to say when the VA keeps on doing the same thing? Was it any better under Clinton? Has it affected YOU any differently? Or are you just using this as an excuse to bash Bush?
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Col Murph
I don't NEED an "excuse" to bash Bush. There are enough valid reasons for just about everyone in this country to do that. I'm just pointing out SOME of them.
And, BTW it WAS better under Clinton...even WITH the republican assholes in Congress fighting him at just about everything he attempted to try and improve things. I didn't have to wait for SIX months to a freaking YEAR to get a doctors appointment under Clinton and wait for hours and hours after you get the appointment like most vets do now under GEE-W! And.....Clinton NEVER proposed "cuts" to the VA system like Bush has...............look it up..........it's in the record! Just ask all the military service organizations legislative staffs (DAV, VFW, AMVETS, V VA, etc.).............they'l be MORE than glad to tell you I'm speaking the truth if you don't belive me! Problem is................most vets apparently DON'T KNOW WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON with the VA?????? But.................I'm sure as HELL gonna try and correct THAT! :md: |
View from the inside....
I most heartily agree with you, Gimpy!! Let me tell you what I see on the inside of the VA.....
1. Chronic and dangerous short staffing throughout the Critical Care areas and Med/Surg wards. 2. Vets who need placement in nursing facilities and cannot afford it because of cutbacks, so they stay as inpatients in costly inpatient VA beds. 3. Chronic shortages of supplies and equipment. 4. Crooked administrative officials "cooking the books" to make it look like the situation isn't as bad as it is, so they might get their BONUSES for staying below the budget lines. 5. Lower COLAS and allowances which serve to inhibit the recruitment and retention of qualified and GOOD people to serve our nation's finest. Heck, the facility where I work can't even keep a physician Specialty Service Chief to sign off on our Policy and Procedure manual, so that there is a decent level or standard of care that we provide our vets with!!! It's gotten worse since Bush took office, believe me. I'm there. I see it, every day. But I'm staying here in the trenches, because I'm a disabled vet and I have a vested interest in this system. I stay because I figure it can only get better.....and besides, I'm good at being able to do something with nothing, and that seems to be what's going on here. Now that I've had my say about a politically "heated" topic, I suppose this thread will get censured, too. :zzz: |
Thanks for the info...Another friend of mine from high school, who was in the Army but didn't go overseas, applied for total Social Security disability for depression last December, and it was approved in 5 weeks !! Contrast this with the situation that veterans face with the VA for PTSD...I have come to believe that depending on ANY politicians to fix this, is a total waste of time. It will take in-your-face-activism, and I am not sure that will even make a difference. I just feel very frustrated with it all right now....
Larry |
GUYS & GALS -
"AND THERE IT IS!!" :t: VERITAS |
Thanks Theo
for giving us an "insiders" view of what I've been attempting to warn all veterans about.
Hopefully your evidence will strengthen that warning! |
Gimpy;...
I can hardly wait until JFK gets in office. Like everybody else, we all know that JFK will support our troops overseas like he did way back when... Kerry is a good ole' boy with his fellow Veteran's in mind. I'm waiting for SWEET little ole' Kerry to name Janesie baby for his sweet little ole' VICE G#@ Da*$ Presidamndent...
Yours truly...Johnny $:d::d::d: |
travis
You should seek professional help................FAST!
PS--I challenge you to defy any of the FACTS above that have been posted by ME or THEO! |
Gimpy;
The only professional help I can afford is through the VA... Does that qualify as the professional help I NEEEEEEED!!!!!! Ha, Ha, Ha Ha, Ha, HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA, me do, me do, me do, me doooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA,HMMMMMMM!!! EH... What's up doc????????? TRAAAAAAAAAAAAVISSSSSSSSSS |
Travis...
You in deep-s--t if the only professional help you can afford is at The VA,...since pure dumb luck or The Luck Factor determines whether you will be served well by doctors, or just waltzed-around by beaurocrats.
You must be lucky to be at the RIGHT (one with a good batting average) facility or geographic location first-off. Not all are good or even functionally adequate. NO DOUBT such a luck-of-the-draw is due solely because of The Republicans. :D Then, you must be lucky if anyone at The VA.....ACTUALLY believes that the tank tacks across your legs, shrapnel in your back or grenade fragment still imbedded were ACTUALLY Service Connected. Regardless, don't worry Travis. If Kerry and clique: "RECAPTURE" The VA, just as similarly wanting to; "RECAPTURE The White House",...everything will once again become hunky-doory and simply M-A-R-V-E-LOUS as before. Hey,...don't believe me? Then just ask Gimpy. :D Neil :d: :b: |
For once
(and probably ONCE ONLY BTW)..............you're RIGHT Neil!
It WILL get "better" when Kerry is elected. PS-------Travis, from the looks of your last post............you'd better hurry on down there to the VA REAL FAST ..........you seem to be really sliping deeper into UNreality. :D PS.........Still waiting on some irrefutable evidence to the contrary of what I and Theo have posted. :md: Whatzamatta , "cat got your tongue"???????? :D |
Neil; I know... Ain't it ashame, no money no real help...
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Yes Neil, I'm in deep Do Do. I don't know if Kerry would make things better at the VA... He sure couldn.t make them any worse though... GIMPY... You didn't read the post I made yesterday did you??? You know... The one I posted especially for you... The Weekly Trunk; GOP... http://www.patriotfiles.com/forum/iipcache/384.pngI may be in South Dakota but for me it's TEXAS forever. I'm deeper in UNrealty Gimpy... but the dreams are really nice where I'm at, heh, heh, heh!!! ha, ha, ho, ho, heh, heh!!! they're comin' to take me away!!! Got to love it... Travis |
Well, at least
your "cartoons" are funny!
But.............your message STILL indicates you AIN'T GOT A CLUE! What have YOU done lately to try and "fix" things at the VA?? Have you ever even BEEN to a VA hospital or clinic?? How much time and effort do YOU spend each week attempting to make things better for our brothers and sisters that have to depend on the VA for their health care and treatment? If not, then don't come around here spouting your happy horseshit about how BAD things are............what the hell have YOU done lately to "help"??? Except to put out bullshit that anyone who don't have a CLUE can do! :d: |
Gimpy;
I really don't know what I can do to make things better for my fellow Veteran's. Maybe when Kerry gets elected as President he'll do the right thing. He seems to have his fellow Veteran's in mind. Or... you Gimpy... that's it. You know what to say and what to do so all us Veteran's can get the care and medical attention we all need and that some need just to maintain there sanity or very lives. Your stature alone would prevail in helping your fellow Veteran's. If I were you and knew all the ropes like you do I'd be front and center. I wouldn't wait on some jack ass to do it for me. So get out there and Fight, Fight, Fight. Gimpy stand up for us one and all and be our Mascot our Host our Leader... Thanks for being there for us more unfortunate ones that don't have the know-how that you were born with. Gimpy for our VA Rep. all for one and one for all. Sheesh, That felt good!!! Regards, Travis |
Look you
sarcastic, uninvolved hypocrite.
If that's the "best" you can come up with.............take your happy horseshit elsewhere! We deal in FACTS around here! I've been "involved" in Veterans affairs probably longer than you've been attempting to "figure out" what the hell we're even talkin about! If you can't "walk the walk".............then don't even ATTEMPT to "talk the talk". BULLSHIT "talks"..............INVOLVEMENT and ACTION "WALK"! If you can't even admit you don't "care" enough to actively involve yourself in Veterans activities to help the "cause".........I don't think you can adequately "defend" your position. You STILL ain't got a FREAKIN CLUE! :( |
Gimpy;
You're being a bit rash. It's evedent you jump to conclusions. I'm a moderator/Administrator for The Gulf War Crisis Foundation. I use my own personal website to help others get better paying jobs and clues for what to do when & how. I need some help on my own personal website but I'm too busy trying to help other's to bother much with my on site at this time. I play C&W music at Senior Citizen's homes to bring back memories of long time past. I use to play for the VA until I got too involved with depression anxioty ETC... I've been in so much pain for the last several months that I'm not able to get around much anymore. I'm snowed in so bad I can't even get out the front gate. I'm closed off back here and no plow to get me out. I had to borrow a car to go to the grocery store the other day. I don't bitch about it but I do think I have a clue about what is going on around me. I don't care for Bush's way of doing things. I don't really think that Kerry could take his place and be able to carry on the War on Terror without getting a lot of our Veteran's killed with his current attitude. I don't want to hear people like you when and if Kerry gets in office say, "WOW, I'd never thought he'd do that, HELL that was crazy for him to do!!!" Because then my friend, it will be too late for a lot of DEAD VETERAN'S. I thought I'd throw this in. Regards, Travis P. S. Gimpy... I've worn out more SEABAGS than you have socks... Thought I'd throw this one in too since you didn't tell me to get my happy horseshit outta here after readin' the above. Do I get a rumble outta' you nowor what??? Once again, I'm a Proud Veterian and will die aProud Veterian, regardless of what people think of my person... Yours truly, Johnny Reb...Travis... Remember the Ala-gd-mo... |
I don't really give
a RATS' ASS what you do!
As long as you get your self a little more "educated" about the subject matter of "veterans health care & benefits" BEFORE you start your "happy horseshit" of flagrantly ostracizeing and ridiculeing those of us that ARE actively "involved" in the fight to improve them. Talk about "jumping to conclusions"..........you're the one who jumped on THAT bandwagon first! And........your "statement", and I quote."I don't want to hear people like you when and if Kerry gets in office say, "WOW, I'd never thought he'd do that, HELL that was crazy for him to do!!!" Because then my friend, it will be too late for a lot of DEAD VETERAN'S. I thought I'd throw this in.".......end quote! All YOU have to do NOW is substitute the name of Kerry with Bush and you have EXACTLY what is happening NOW! See.>>>>> I don't want to hear people like you when and if BUSH gets in office say, "WOW, I'd never thought he'd do that, HELL that was crazy for him to do!!!" Because then my friend, it will be too late for a lot of DEAD VETERAN'S. <<<<<<<<<<< Well guess WHAT ..that's what is going on RIGHT NOW my friend! It just that folks like YOU and some others around here are so "blinded by the right" you'll NEVER admit that he (Bush) has lied, deceived and done "things a lot of folks thought HE wouldn't do as well", and a LOT of VETERANS have died because of it! SEABAGS...........FLEABAGS.............Don't mean nuthin! I don't even WEAR "socks" most of the time. Can't getum on without help cause of MY "pain"............so don't come around here with any sob storys about "so much pain for the last several months"..............I've been in CONSTANT pain (physical AND mental) for THIRTY SIX (that's right... 36) FREAKIN YEARS...... STILL AM TODAY.........WILL BE TOMORROW, and THE NEXT DAY(S) as well...........but I STILL get my ass up out of bed every damn day and try to DO SOMETHING about the plight of veterans in this country, not to mention making regular trips to the VA for health care treatment, and MENTAL HEALTH CARE treatment, AND Volunteer work! I NEVER said you were NOT "a PROUD VETERAN"...I'm sure you are..........just an UNINFORMED one about the REAL "issues" that affect us all! That enough "RUMBLE" for ya? :md: |
Gimpy....your savage response to Travis tells me that you are a miserable excuse for an American Veteran. You lash out at anyone who disagrees with you and the democratic agenda. Well Gimpy....I think that you are beneath contempt, you are a POS who only cares about "Entitlements" and you are in the Van of the "Victims" Political Party. You are a "Sorry sack of $hit" Gimpy and as far as I can see, not able to have a civil discussion about anything unless everybody agrees with you. I won't bother to read or respond to any more of your garbage.
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This is the place to say Thanks Col... I needed that...
We all have problems. Some have more than others.
I believe Gimpy is stating what he feels. Animosity... I too have felt the whole world was down on me and took it out on my friends and loved ones. Some forgave me while other's didn't. That's why some E-Mail program'sstate..., "Are you sure you want to send this message? It can't be stopped once you hit the send button!" Regards, Travis |
Gimpy stepped over the line with his last post to you.
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Col;
I know that... But he is just trying to purge his hurt using fellow Veteran's. I can't Imagine talking to my brother in arms one minute and turn to him the next and not being able to recoginize him as a member of the human race because some Asinine with more firepower destroyed his appearance as a fellow human being... Gimpy has been hurt but let us hope he hasn't been hurt beyond repair. His fellow Veteran's can possibly help him in his time of need. I take my medications daily and sometimes I take too many of my drugs rendering me irresponsible of my actions. Sometimes I feel like Superman and know just what to do to protect my fellow Man/Veteran, being politically correct since fellow man no longer means Woman also, Fellow Man/Woman. or Woman/man A lover of the American Way!!! Travis |
Murph & travis
You really need to go back and REevalute where this shit started.
Then..............you can BOTH KISS MY A$$! Neither one of you can truthfully admit that you ain't got a freakin clue about what the Bush adminstration has done to the veterans of this country. Have a nice day! You'll surely be able to with that "lost in space" outlook you appear to have! |
Admins....can we give Gimpy a "Leave without Pay"? I think he needs to reflect on his conduct. I would like to see him denied access until he can learn to control what comes out of his keyboard.
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Murph
You better go back and check on your OWN conduct of verbal assaults before condemning another for it???
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Maybe the "pot" calling the "kettle" black"?? Maybe YOU should be the one getting that "leave of absence", HUH?? Your "suggestion" reeks of the way most "right-wing" fanatics during the 1930's in Germany handled their outspoken critics..............see the similarity?? Anyway.......I thought you said you ain't gonna "read" my stuff anymore??? Typical right-wing behavior.......say one thing......then do exactly the opposite of what you say you're gonna do! |
Gimpy.....you have a lot of trouble dealing with anybody who is higher than an E-4 don't you. Probably did in Vietnam as well. As far as what I said about you...it stands. It is a response to your several posts along that vein. You can't deal civilly with anyone who disagrees with you or is an "authority figure". I suggest you need some treatment for something other than PTSD.
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Yeah,
And MY offer for both of you to "Kiss my ---" still stands as well.
And, it sounds like you, Col. Murph, need that same "treatment" I suggested for Travis. I can "handle" any "authority" figure around. Especially you two! It's just the folks who THINK they are an "authority" figure I have problems with...you know, the ego-maniacal, tyranical, Napoleon complex little "general" types who try and indimidate other folks and are so profoundly unable to see the "truth" if it bit them squarely is their ass that I can't stand. You know the type...............you see him in the mirror quite frequently ....don't you?? |
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Travis
You REALLY ARE SICK my friend!
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GIMPISS,
You still haven't answered the question's... what made you a disabled Veteran, When were you in the service and what branch and Rate were you while protecting your fellow Americasn??? Did you help to save American Lives? or... do you stand with your IDOL... John F. Kerry? Please let your fellow Veteran's know just where you stand!!! Your post will surly show up in the futere... Travis |
Look here you
$hitstirrer, I've seen more combat than you probably ever even READ about.
I don't need to explain myself to you. Who the hell are you? I've got a purple heart, a Combat Infantrymans Badge, the Vietnam Gallantry Cross, The Air Medal and two Presidential unit citations for gallantry for service to my country. Not to mention NINETY SIX inches of scars from wounds received in combat! The regular folks around here and from the Vets.com site know my story. And, if you want to go back in the archives of this site, it's there for all to see as well. Look it up...it's in the record! I don't need to justify MY military record to YOU or anyone else for that matter! :d: |
Personal attacks of the nature made in this thread need to stop. Both of the main agitators in this thread have had their posting privileges revoked.
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