Post Tag: "Barbara Lee"

Time to Fix the VA is Now

On May 24th, 2012 by Rob Kane

There’s never been a greater public and political awareness that the VA’s Claims Adjudication System is broken. What’s more, the recent Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decision acknowledges the VA claims system is dysfunctional, yet proclaims Congress has sole authority to make necessary changes. Now more than ever veterans need quality claims representation. The [...]

Veterans Demand End to Backlog of Disability Claims

On May 22nd, 2012 by Rob Kane

More than 200 veterans attended a forum organized by lawmakers seeking to expedite stalled or bungled disability claims. One attendee filed his claim in 1947. Horatius A. Carney spent seven weeks in a military hospital after injuring his knee while in the segregated Army Air Forces. He first filed a disability claim in 1947. [...]

Angry Veterans Demand End to Disability Claims Backlog

On May 22nd, 2012 by Rob Kane

Bay Citizen – Three hours into a congressionally sponsored forum on the long wait times that Northern California veterans face when they file disability claims, 26-year-old Air Force veteran Sabrina Shindler rose from her seat. “We’re not getting answers, we’re getting excuses,” Shindler yelled at two senior Department of Veterans Affairs officials at the [...]