This should be a place to discuss Veterans Administration, maybe someone can subcatorgorize into Veterans health, Veterans affairs, Veterans Benefits and such.
There are tons of topics that Veterans are highly motivated to be involved with.
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Yes 
I work at the Kansas City VA. VERY grateful for this opportunity, but as a secretary in the ER, I see MANY days & nights where we are short staffed in nursing, have no supplies we need, and our leadership are very un involved in helping us. This VA needs more funding, removal of the hiring freeze for nurses, removal of the waste that are the leadership who sit on offices all day congratulating each other in emails while they let the veterans rot in either neglect or non care; insensitive to the vets true needs.
I’m sure this is not the only VA that has this situation going on, but please, I beg of you… Cut the fluff at the top and bring in those who really give 2 shits about our vets. They are why we are here!
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They need to look at the veterans’ benefits and decide them faster. My father-in-law fought for over 15 years and got benefits 7 days before he passed away.
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With regards to “Project 2025” and the impact on the VA…
I agree there needs to be some trimming going in with respect to the amount of waste there is across all branches of government. However, two specific areas where cuts SHOULD NOT occur…
1.) Pay raises and benefits for those serving in the US Military
2.) Benefits granted to our disabled veterans (meaning focus on streamlining the VA in terms of services provided but don’t look to trim the budget through reductions of benefits to our veterans who depend on the VA to survive)
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I have long thought that our veterans are not receiving quality and timely care. Many rural vets have to travel sometimes great distances to get to a VA hospital.
My solution is quite simple.
1 . Close every VA in the US
2 . issue a card to every veteran to admit them to any hospital and have access to any doctor they choose in The US.
Money savings from closing all the sites, would be out of this world , and veterans care would would be local and quality of care in most areas would be better.
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I do not forsee any cuts to Veteran benefits that depend on it to survive. These benefits are Congressionally mandated!! There is definite overages that can and should be trimmed.
I am a disabled veteran as well, and over the last year or two, I have seen the quality of care decline, the long wait times grow, and the real care provided decline as well!!
I was assigned to go see a chiropractor. The chiropractor ONLY worked the specific area that I was being treated by VA for. My case was my back. They snapped me, cracked me and sent me on my way within 15 to 20 minutes, and then when you see your records, they state they did Red Light therapy for 15 minutes, then manipulations for 15 mins, then they put this relaxing cream on you, and basically make it into a 45-60 minutes visit on paper!!! Then they charge the GOV for those services. It should not be this way!!
I agree. It took me three straight years, daily, checking my Ebenefits and going to the C&P exams, and all their stuff to get my 100% rating. Crazy part is they will not be specific on why you were denied, they are vague as to why you made the denial. After 8 years of being 100& P&T, I finally got my doctor to get me a X-ray of my spine after telling her about my back issues for the last two years. Turns out I have a severe reverse Double scoliosis from a traumatic car accident!! And this was after the x-ray I demanded a MRI, and the issue was seen!! I am currently rated at 420%, but of course that is normal people math, not VA!!
I am now 100%VA and SSDI!!!
They need more claims adjusters and need a consistant rating amongst issues!!!
I didn’t bother following through with the process, even though I had paperwork where the VA dentist wrote my condition is “service related,” because of the attitudes and red tape of the VA employees.
If the VA doesn’t care about it’s own paperwork for a simple dental claim, it won’t care about my physical claim where paperwork doesn’t exist and I’m entitled to a 40% disability rating.