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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why does OPM allow these jobs to be classified as attorney positions to begin with? It’s claims reviewing. This work used to be done by paralegals. Did the work change, or did the agencies just decide they could hire faster using excepted attorney positions?[/quote]

The work did not change. Even today, non-attorneys reviewers still review VA claims and make the initial decision as to whether to pay the claim. If a claimant is dissatisfied with the initial decision, he or she can appeal to BVA, where an attorney and judge will review it. The attorney reviewers at BVA perform the same work as the non-attorneys reviewers.[/quote]

and, essentially, the "judges" do the same thing as well, except they conduct hearings and of course they are the ones signing decisions.  but its still file review. [/quote]

This is meant to be a jobs program for attorneys that need to service their debt but unable to find a job even in the most gutter PI mills. No one goes to law and even heard about VA claims, let alone develops a passion for this type of work.[/quote]

What? Are people not passionate about pumping out three decisions a week regarding whether a veteran’s arthritis is related to military service? [/quote]

Point taken but it’s not a jobs program. If it was a jobs program there wouldn’t be so many people who are forced out due to an unreasonable quota. [/quote]
So really it’s because VA likes having excepted attorneys who don’t get MSPB protection.[/quote]

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