Veterans’ Affairs Department
Trump signs EO “Supporting Our Veterans During Their Transition from Uniformed Service to Civilian Life”
The president signed an Executive Order yesterday entitled “Supporting Our Veterans During Their Transition from Uniformed Service to Civilian Life” which automatically enrolls service members in Veterans’ Affairs Department mental health programs when they leave the service according to Stars & Stripes; Officials with the Trump administration, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said […]
Increased firings at the VA
Military Times reports that firings at the Department of Veterans’ Affairs are on the rise since the President signed the Department of Veterans Affairs Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act of 2017 last summer. Critics (read that as “union thugs at the American Federation of Government Employees”) aren’t happy with the firings, but it’s having an […]
William R. Jones; jail time for stolen valor
68-year-old William R. Jones, a retired Lieutenant Colonel of the Illinois Air National Guard, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Sara L. Darrow to pay a $40,000 fine, $71,472 in restitution and serve three years of supervised release after he gets out of prison after he was convicted of stolen valor and for fleecing the […]
VA’s veteran card system overloaded
Last week, the Veterans’ Affairs Department unveiled their system to issue ID cards to veterans who didn’t have other ways to prove their veteran status. The online system promptly became overloaded with requests and quit working, according to Stars & Stripes. The website that veterans were instructed to apply for them, vets.gov, contained a message […]
Elizabeth Hayes Cox faked birth to get vet benefits
Stars & Stripes reports that Elizabeth Hayes Cox was indicted by a North Carolina grand jury for claiming veterans’ benefits for her son. She claimed that she had a child with Randall Cox, a veteran who was killed in his High Point, NC apartment in 2006 in an unsolved murder case. She collected benefits from […]
VA hires doctors with malpractice claims
USAToday tells the story of neurosurgeon John Henry Schneider who lost his license to practice in Wyoming due to a number of malpractice claims which resulted in a number of maimed, paralyzed and dead patients. He also had a license in Montana, so when he applied for a job at the VA, even though he […]
Russell M. Ware charged with VA fraud
The Federal Times reports that Russel M. Ware, an employee of the Department of Veterans’ Affairs has been charged with attempting to divert about $66,000 in disablity benefits to Jacqueline Crawford who wasn’t eligible for VA benefits. Between September 2013 and May 2014, Ware allegedly schemed to take almost $21,000 in VA disability benefit money […]
Kenneth John Boyles indicted
Three years ago, we wrote about Kenneth John Boyles when we caught him trying to convince folks in his hometown that he was a special forces combat veteran who retired from military service as a first sergeant. None of that was true; Today, we read that he was indicted for healthcare fraud that he committed […]
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