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The VA Benefits "Hamster Wheel" »

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An attorney testifies about problems in the VA benefits appeals process. "Hamster Wheel" refers to the following phenomenon: veterans claims are transferred back and forth between the CAVC and the Board, and the Board and the RO. The net result: frustrated veterans have to wait many years before receiving a final decision on their claims.

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I AM OUTTA here! The new format STILL S-U-C-K-S! Propeller has NO idea what "spam" is (or is not) and I am tired of dealing ...

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  • Avg rating: (+0/-0 0)rumple4skin
    rumple4skin
    May 28, 2007, 4:38 p.m.

    The VA rules and policies regarding awarding benefits to injured service members is layered with so many obstacles it is perhaps time to privatise the entire department. I am generally against this action because in the long run outsourcing government functions wind up costing more than having government workers do the job. Reading the article leaves me exhausted and frustrated. Our soldiers, airmen, Marines, and Navy men and women deserve much better treatment.

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