Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/interactive/2025/veterans-affairs-disability-claims-fraud/?itid=hp-mv-top-stories_top-table-main_p001_f001

ROFL, so true. But, the question is whether anyone has the political courage to end the gravy train.

Follow-up article today reported that the VA OIG investigates an average of 63 cases a year - less than one per day! - out of a pool of hundreds of thousands of veterans. No wonder some veterans are posting themselves on social media lifting weights and doing backflips while claiming to VA they're paralyzed. There's simply no fear of getting caught.

VA disability fraud has been normalized. Nearly every veteran that I have encountered receives VA disability benefits. All of them worked in office roles while in the military and never served anywhere near combat.

Anonymous wrote:https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/interactive/2025/veterans-affairs-disability-claims-fraud/?itid=hp-mv-top-stories_top-table-main_p001_f001

ROFL, so true. But, the question is whether anyone has the political courage to end the gravy train.

Follow-up article today reported that the VA OIG investigates an average of 63 cases a year - less than one per day! - out of a pool of hundreds of thousands of veterans. No wonder some veterans are posting themselves on social media lifting weights and doing backflips while claiming to VA they're paralyzed. There's simply no fear of getting caught.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/interactive/2025/veterans-affairs-disability-claims-fraud/?itid=hp-mv-top-stories_top-table-main_p001_f001

ROFL, so true. But, the question is whether anyone has the political courage to end the gravy train.

The article is behind a paywall

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/how-some-veterans-exploit-193-billion-va-program-due-to-lax-controls/ar-AA1NVZs7?ocid=msedgntp&pc=ASTS&cvid=68e3f7f77fac490fb5386e8d549a7589&ei=11

No paywall here

Anonymous wrote:https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/interactive/2025/veterans-affairs-disability-claims-fraud/?itid=hp-mv-top-stories_top-table-main_p001_f001

ROFL, so true. But, the question is whether anyone has the political courage to end the gravy train.

The article is behind a paywall

https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/interactive/2025/veterans-affairs-disability-claims-fraud/?itid=hp-mv-top-stories_top-table-main_p001_f001

ROFL, so true. But, the question is whether anyone has the political courage to end the gravy train.

Anonymous wrote:Are we pre-funded for FY26 or will we be working without pay?

there was an email that answered this yesterday

Anonymous wrote:Are we pre-funded for FY26 or will we be working without pay?

Didn't pay attention when your VLJ answered this?

Are we pre-funded for FY26 or will we be working without pay?

Anonymous wrote:My goodness, BVA attorneys are a whiny bunch. It’s copy and paste people. How difficult can it be to copy and paste boilerplate language into 3.5 decisions a week. Geez, give me a break!

It is not a copy and paste job unless you want to get fired.

This must be the Diploma Troll who got fired. Please describe anything you know about AMA and tell us what floors are currently occupied at 425 I Street.

With all the upcoming resignations and terminations, there will be enough cases, of all levels of difficulty, to distribute to everyone.

Anonymous wrote:Have the production standards ever differed between GS levels before?

I assume this means that VLJ’s will spread out higher issue cases that would usually be reserved for 14s to more junior attorneys in an effort to keep the 14s green.

Don't know about whether there have ever been different standards for different GS levels. 14s are expected to take on a greater share of the complex cases, and I don't see why that would change. But, the thing is, the last round of hires was over a year ago now, so I don't think there are any 11s at this point. A very large portion of attorneys are 14s. It will be interesting to see how things are distributed.

Have the production standards ever differed between GS levels before?

I assume this means that VLJ’s will spread out higher issue cases that would usually be reserved for 14s to more junior attorneys in an effort to keep the 14s green.

Anonymous wrote:My goodness, BVA attorneys are a whiny bunch. It’s copy and paste people. How difficult can it be to copy and paste boilerplate language into 3.5 decisions a week. Geez, give me a break!

You obviously worked for a very lax judge. Not all of them will accept the copy and paste - not to mention the fact it's not in the Veteran's favor to simply rely on it. Digging through the records to find the one nugget of information that might allow you to grant the claim, or even just keep it alive, is the actual job.

My goodness, BVA attorneys are a whiny bunch. It’s copy and paste people. How difficult can it be to copy and paste boilerplate language into 3.5 decisions a week. Geez, give me a break!