Veteran Disability Attorney
So now, the Inspector
General reports that VA overpays
veterans. Really? Most veterans fight for years to get the
compensation correct. The IG looked at a narrow batch of cases where
veterans temporarily receive a 100 percent disability rating while undergoing
surgery or debilitating treatments and convalescing. Claims
examiners allegedly failed —in two out of three sampled cases — to seek a
follow-up medical exam to determine if the veteran’s condition has improved and
the temporary 100 percent disability rating should be reduced accordingly,
inspectors said. The IG claims this 66% error rate has allowed 12,800
vets to be over compensated during a 16 year period. This is focusing on
the flea on the tail of the dog. There is a backlog of 900,000
claims. So this report focuses on 1.4% of the VA backlog claims.
This is typical government thinking; focus on the small problems, make them
seem really important and you can ignore the big problems, which are important.
http://www.federaltimes.com/article/20130125/DEPARTMENTS04/301250002/Auditors-Veterans-Affairs-overpaid-disabled-vets?odyssey=nav%7Chead
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