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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Comical and sad, as the employees aren’t the only ones who are being hurt. While the Chairman tells Congress that Board attorneys review tens of thousands of pages of evidence AND write a decision every 10 hours, the reality on the ground is that Board attorneys only review 10 percent or so of the record in each case.

Management knows of this practice, as new attorneys are told by the training staff to only review the most recent evidence and ignore the thousands of other pages in the case file. That’s the dirty little secret that Board attorneys know and try to tell Congress, but Congress ignores.

It’s comical that the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims remands 80 percent of BVA decisions due to errors in law and fact. Just think about that - out of every 100 BVA decisions, 80 of them are erroneous. The result is that VA cases are stuck in an endless cycle of remands that take decades to resolve. It’s also a huge waste of taxpayer money. I’ve seen so many veterans die before the conclusion of their case. But, management doesn’t care. It’s all a numbers game.

https://westdunn.com/va-law/stanford-study-shows-bvas-accuracy-claims-are-misleading

https://news.stanford.edu/2019/03/06/new-research-finds-flaws-veterans-claims-system/

https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/432196-when-the-va-misrepresents-performance-veterans-suffer

https://siepr.stanford.edu/sites/default/files/publications/19-005.pdf[/quote]

What's worse?  Congress, the people with the "power of the purse" and who have oversight responsibility over the executive branch, is well aware of what goes on and how it hurts Veterans. In fact, during one hearing, a Congressman asked a question regarding how it as possible for Board attorneys to read every page of a claims file and yet crank out that many decisions. That's wonderful that he asked the question in a public forum, but there was no follow up.  None of his colleagues bothered to dig deeper into the issue. They all know the truth and would rather pat themselves on the back because of the increased number of decisions pumped out.  It was very disappointing to see that.  [/quote]

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