"...to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow, and his orphan..."
From Lincoln's 2nd Inaugural Address
I'm glad that the VA has corrected all those minor problems like mounting backlog, and is correcting this most major and pressing problem.
Where is this “mounting backlog” ?
Most vets I know have very little good to say about VA health care. As for me, I have excellent insurance and don’t have to put up with all the BS. Even today you are required to be masked when at the VA.
Took 26 years for the VA to get my back problems right, took 7 years to get before a BVA Judge and win a tinnitus case and that was after 5 years of arguing before requesting a BVA hearing... 12 years total. Even the judge said it was obvious.
The VA sucks at best. Their goal is if they defer and deny long enough they hope you die.
New topic for me.
They have been a bit slower to schedule/get an appointment post-covid but they're improving.
I’m retired Navy. I never enrolled with the VA. I was shocked when I found out my (now) ex-wife’s father received all of his substantial medical care from the VA. He served 3 years in the Army during the Vietnam era, all state side. He was indigent because during his 40 year career as a practicing attorney he did save a dime or plan one iota for retirement. There is something wrong with people like that getting VA benefits, but that’s the way it is.
I’m calling shenanigans.
Just words. That’s all. A PR release.
Still can’t fire incompetent medical staff. Still, a hugely bloated bureaucracy that exists primarily to grow itself at the expense of all others.
Still gonna play the “you ain’t got no records!” any time you come forward with a complaint.
Still a structure set up to only truly serve the sick bay commandos that run to the medicals for every little ouch and booboo while on duty.