DOGE Alert: My $1,000 appeal Cost the Government $15,000
Board of Veterans' Appeals, VA Idiocracy Wesley McCauley Board of Veterans' Appeals, VA Idiocracy Wesley McCauley

DOGE Alert: My $1,000 appeal Cost the Government $15,000

Perhaps the memo hasn’t reached the BVA. This administration is all about conserving scarce government resources. As the saying goes, there are three fights with the VA. The fight for service-connection, the fight for the right rating, and finally, the fight for the correct effective date. What if the VA gets your effective date wrong by just one month? It is only 1,000 bucks. Should you file an appeal? Well, we did just that, and it costs the government well over $15,000 to get a lesson in Special Monthly Compensation (“SMC”) effective dates.

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BVA Declares War on Most Severe Veterans
VA Idiocracy Wesley McCauley VA Idiocracy Wesley McCauley

BVA Declares War on Most Severe Veterans

The best quality decision from the VA comes from the Board of Veterans’ Appeals. The downside? The wait time usually spans multiple years. To fix this, Congress allowed certain Veterans to ask for “advancement”, getting their case placed at the top of the line. Today, I will discuss the Board’s recent war on the bankrupt, dying, and seriously ill Veterans.

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