Im finally onto the VAs plan. Ive looked at the outfits negligence and incompetence and utter disdain for, you know, humanity, and I reached the only conclusion that makes any sense at all. Yes, VA is waiting for us to die. Some employees in Phoenix took a bit more proactive approach. Most, though, just try to wait you out with administrative actions that never happen. If VA had been in charge of World War II, Italy would still be in contention. So, the latest in my ongoing saga with this ridiculously inept agency of our federal government: I got a packet week before last that seemed to me to indicate that somebody somewhere had finally decided something about a disagreement I had with two rulings from 2011. Anyway, I thought that the packet meant that after nearly three years wed finally put an end to this matter. What was I thinking? After not receiving a follow-up packet that explained what the first packet actually means to me, I went to the VA Regional Office today. The fellow there — who, I must say, has the standard VA aproach to customer service down pat; No, why cant you understand this doesnt mean that and time has no relevance and simple math doesnt apply? — told me that the packet I received was simply a general idea of what VA was thinking, a mulling document, if you will. I shouldnt expect any real answer for another couple years. A couple years? I dont know that Ive ever seen one of these get handled in less than five years. Who knows, maybe youll get lucky? Um, no. Lucky walked out the door the first time I ever heard of VA, bunch of phony-patient-list-makin, overpayin-each-other bureaucrats that apparently most of them are. So, yeah, its time to take Sen. John Boozman up on his offer to have one of his staff inquire about my case. He and his folks take VA issues really seriously, and I appreciate that. Ive resisted his offers of help before, but Im at the point now where Ill let somebody else rattle VAs cage.
Posted on: Mon, 04 Aug 2014 22:45:27 +0000