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[quote=Anonymous]A few years ago, the WaPo published an article criticizing the Trump Administration for politicizing the selection of non-political Veterans Law Judges (VLJ) - the administration refused to sign off on the appointment of VLJ nominees who were registered Democrats. The article, however, did not accuse the Board of any wrongdoing, as it was not BVA management who rejected the nominees based on political affiliation.

I'm not aware of anyone trying to contact the media to bring into the gross mismanagement at the Board. Many people, including union officials, have tried to contact Congress and get Congress to intervene. But, no one in Congress cares abut how the gross mismanagement at the Board is affecting veterans.

Case in point, when the Chairman of the Board told Congress that Board attorneys read tens of thousands of pages of evidence and draft a decision within 8-10 hours, no one asked any following up questions. Unfortunately, the consequences of such extreme workloads have dire effects on veterans as Board attorneys and judges are more likely to remand cases, as remands are easier and faster to write.

But, for veterans, this endless cycle of remands means that there is no finality to their cases and they simply die off while waiting for a decision. For the veterans who do receive a decision, there is an 80 percent likelihood that the decision is legally incorrect (per the Stanford study). Thus, even if a veteran receives a decision, he or she must spend years litigating their cases at the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims. Ultimately, veterans sustain irreparable harm by the delay, as they are not getting any younger.

See Chairman's testimony to Congress below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=6148&v=AACgoVzBKKg&feature=emb_logo

From: 1:44:00 - 1:45:10

Stanford Study:

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

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

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