Workers Leaving Veterans Administration | What This Means for You As A Veteran

Thousands of workers leaving Veterans Administration is the latest breaking news out of Washington. Today I talk about this recent scandal and what this means for you as a veteran.

This is a huge problem for the Department of Veterans Affairs. Some are claiming that it is due to the PACT Act and all of the millions of claims that are coming in because of it. Many are wondering how all of this will affect their disability claims.


My name is Andy Gross, and I am the founder and managing attorney at the Law Office of Andrew P. Gross. I'm an experienced litigator and advocate with over a decade of experience. I served as a Judge Advocate in the United States Army, and have dedicated myself and my career to serving the needs of others. I started his firm to serve those injured by the negligence of others, along with Veterans seeking the benefits they earned through their own service.

DISCLAIMER: This video is not legal advice and is for educational purposes only. Individual cases will vary.

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[GAvetlyfe]

they are making so many mistakes and we are suffering...our families need our benefits!

[frankblack]

My best friend (/disabled vet) is a VSR. He isn’t working 8 hr days. He’s working mandatory 20 hrs per pp overtime. He’s one of the good ones- his whole office is, they are getting other offices’ work to do. The VA is messed up but not everyone working there is. Just bear that in mind when talking with them

[Beentheredonethat]

My c&p runaround lasted 2 + years including higher level reviews. Finally got my disability approved. Don't give up and don't miss any appointments. Always seek higher level review. Always!

[chrisnorcutt]

To All My Follow Brothers & Sisters ( Veterans ) Am A Vietnam Veteran With A 100% Rating Almost 20 Years, With Tinnitus, Peripheral Neuropathy In Both Legs & Arms and I Live In Constant Pain , My Appendix Was Removed With Cancer, Part Of My Large Colon Was Removed , Left Hip Replacement, Right Knee Replacement, Sugar Diabetes and Amputation Of My Big Toe , My Wife and Me Spent Two Full Years 4 - Appointments Per Month For Two Years Straight , Remember People Filing For Claims Can Take The Better Part Of Your Life Ok 👍

[ferddielewis]

I'm a former Hospital Corpsman and retired Rn. I attempted to become a Rating officer but was informed that people with medical background history isn't preferred because of our knowledge and that we may approve more cases.

[nukejets]

Writing a succinct, detailed personal statement with footnotes highlighting the applicable dates, times, locations and page numbers for information in medical records and supporting scientific research helps the rating officer sort through the process more efficiently and may point them in the right direction in regards to your claim. It also helps when appeals are filed since it shows that you did due diligence in preparing your claim.

[jefferyegger]

I just received my PTSD claim back @50% but with all the evidence from my VA psychologist they only took in account insomnia. My list easily hits the 70% level. I'm appealing

[FLJuJitsu]

As a former VSR myself this is all 100% true. When you have someone with 20-40 years of medical records and they want you to push a claim in 30min. They don’t care about quality just want numbers. I bailed out of that position after 9 months. But everything you said is 100% true here.

[novanogo]

Worked for the VA in 2018. I quit in 4 months. Took me over a year to land another federal position much happier at another agency. Was a super toxic work enviornment.

[kevz]

I worked at the VA, I loved the veterans I worked with but leadership was horrible and they kept promoting the worst employees and give the ones that worked hard more and more work so I got burned out. Why would the assistant chief of a whole department be calling me about a mistake in a note? I said fuck this shit.

[MrBluespyz]

Makes sense, almost 4 months in on my respiratory claim. Thanks for another great video Andrew!

[tawny]

So question is how many claims should have been approved while the raters are rushing or looking for ANYTHING to deny a claim

[scipher]

I'm so glad I got med boarded and had my 100% VA rating completed before leaving active duty. I only had to wait the 90 days for my pay to start.

[strtrper]

Everyone needs to contact their congressmen. The VA claim system is clearly broken

[SRGIRL]

Thank you young man for assisting with this information. 🙏 Stay strong everyone.

[GovmntLacky]

Definitely NO surprise! Claim comes in. Needs work. Order a C&P (delay) comes back. DENY (delay) refute… DTA (delay) still denied, supp appeal (delay) then the BVA (long delay)

[expectnolove]

The VSR should just rate in the favor of the veteran, if they are being pushed and overworked....

[stephenlawson]

I left the V.A., GS 12 mental health supervisor for a Vet Center for combat veterans because the bureaucracy was so tremendously strong, rigid and more concerned with numbers of visits vs helping veterans.

[dougwashburn]

Not great news, but news you prepared me for! Keep up the good work.

[michealsizemore]

I have been working as a VSR for the past 7 years, and in that short time thing's have drastically changed. More work is expecte, but the production standards have not changed since 2017. Production standards should mimic the additional workload but obviously do not. I really feel for new VSRs and definitely understand the reasoning for the high turnover. I have had 7 years to adjust, whereas new employees have a short period of time to learn what has taken me 7 years. Also, RVSRs have it worse than VSRs. I really feel for RVSRs. I totally agree that exam requests of VSRs are horrible. For some reason they don't understand the differences between direct, secondary, and aggravation opinions.