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**alex_loudermilk** · 08-31-2009, 03:39 AM

As a disbled vet and a Veteran's Service Rep for the VA, I can speak from experience when I say they VA is working very hard to try to address the needs of all veterans. My office in central Florida is 80% vetean operated with 50% of them being disabled veterans. We have so many employees that some are forced to work from home.
The problem we have is that every person that ever signed on the dotted line, regardless of washing out in boot camp or receiveing a less than honorable discharge, thinks they are entitled to benefits. Since we have to address every issue every time, no matter how many times we tell them they don't qualify, it takes away from us taking care of vets that honestly earned and need their benefits.

my experience with disabled vets ( only ! dept in one major VA hospital) was a disaster--what makes you think that a disabled vet is sensitive to the needs of other disabled vets?--you would think it is true but not to my experience--keep in mind that the VA answers to 3 groups, military, gov,vets- no independant examiner like JACHO examines the VA system--as a VET I consider the VA hospital system primarily a political organization. The sooner the VA system shuts down and uses private hospitals the better we will be.
one mans opinion

08-31-2009, 03:39 AM	#10
alex_loudermilk Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 469 Senior Member	As a disbled vet and a Veteran's Service Rep for the VA, I can speak from experience when I say they VA is working very hard to try to address the needs of all veterans. My office in central Florida is 80% vetean operated with 50% of them being disabled veterans. We have so many employees that some are forced to work from home. The problem we have is that every person that ever signed on the dotted line, regardless of washing out in boot camp or receiveing a less than honorable discharge, thinks they are entitled to benefits. Since we have to address every issue every time, no matter how many times we tell them they don't qualify, it takes away from us taking care of vets that honestly earned and need their benefits. my experience with disabled vets ( only ! dept in one major VA hospital) was a disaster--what makes you think that a disabled vet is sensitive to the needs of other disabled vets?--you would think it is true but not to my experience--keep in mind that the VA answers to 3 groups, military, gov,vets- no independant examiner like JACHO examines the VA system--as a VET I consider the VA hospital system primarily a political organization. The sooner the VA system shuts down and uses private hospitals the better we will be. one mans opinion
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