HR Bill 6562: Filner's Intent is Good but Bill Leaves VA Too Many Holes
Veteran's Need to Unite to Ensure VA Has NO Gaps to Slither Through
It is imperative that veterans contact their own Congressional Representatives and Senators now as the bill is being constructed. It is also important to contact those running for office at this time to find their stance on Veteran's concerns prior to electing them. Let them know that the Veterans community is paying attention!
Contact the Veterans Committee of the House and Senate. Let them know that the verbiage as it stands now is unacceptable. Stress that the bill needs to be written so that the VA cannot misinterpret the intent of Congress, as it has unfortunately done many times in the past. They need to understand, that the use of the term Combat Veterans makes veterans believe this is the loophole that the VA will continue to slither through. Veterans cannot leave this to chance! Do not allow the VA, any excuse to interpret this bill in any other way, than how the final bill is written.
The VA must not be allowed to continue to play the system by appointing their cronies to the Advisory Committee on Disability Compensation or decide how best to continue their denial system by establishing requirements and a checklist for a fully developed claims and incomplete claims. There needs to be a group of veterans formed with independence from political and government regulation and interference. Then an interface should be established with other regions, the BVA (Board of Veterans Appeals), and the CAVC (Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims) to create an easily used, accessible to all, database of decisions and rulings to expedited like cases.
Congressman Filner's intentioned goals are very good news to all veterans. But veterans know that the VA will take this bill, intentionally misinterpret it, and continue to deny those exposed to herbicides, radiation, and chemicals. There is no doubt that the VA will influence the NAS/IOM (National Academy of Science's Institute of Medicine) to severely limit the associations of diseases to these DOD (Department of Defense) generated problems. If this bill is not spelled out correctly, veterans already know that this is exactly what will happen. Do not allow them to do this! This bill is too important to leave it up to the VA's interpretations and manipulations.
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Post a CommentFigures, went in for testing on a claim with the VA, last year and its been almost a year and no letters nothing, I been fighting for back problems, ptsd, and other things. But failed to get any comp for my duties in Veitnam. Over 30 years, 10 years they claim I did not file, but show them documents that I did, medical records not only back but mental issues, that they not address, no exrays, just sent back to work. A massive heart attack at age 50, that took me out of work, now I try survive on SSD, and its rated as below poverty level. Now they say PTSD is linked to heart problems, doctors I have sean state I do have PTSD but the VA, at this point sont denie or accept, they just hold out, come up with more things to stretch out help. The only thing that stops me from ending my life is thats what they want for screwing me for 30 years. Rejected even BVA hearing, Vailed to alow my day in court. Oregon said they found an error they had to correct, that was 5 years ago, so what happen. S