VA Stalling Disability Payments

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When it comes to developing something, the public is aware of the KISS method (Keep It Simple Stupid), and I have an extra one of my own, namely that anything self correcting will correct itself. The best results are simple and self correcting, but the VA method is neither.

Currently there is no reason for the VA to move in a timely manner. Some veterans will give up and drop the claim. Some veterans will believe anything an authority figure says, and when the VA doctor says it is not VA, then the veteran drops it. Sometimes stalling will delay past the life of the veteran. Stalling keeps money in the bank now and interest adds up. The point is that the VA has everything to gain by stalling and nothing to lose. The projected results would suggest a strong desire to stall and the facts confirm this.

You don't need civil suits and big payouts, but the advantage to stalling must be removed. As it stands, if there was a 100% chance the VA would be forced to pay up in the end, then the stall kept money in the bank earning interest.

The cost should reflect the problem. The VA doctors picks disabilities that are not service connected. Sometimes the facts match and it is a reasonable difference of opinion. Sometimes the facts match but the opinion is extremely unlikely. Sometimes the facts required for the alleged opinion are not even possible. Falsifying records should be a higher cost to the VA than a simple difference of opinion.

The VA should pay back pay at the highest rate, whatever year is the highest rate, is the rate of the back pay. (Normally the current rate should be the highest rate) If the VA doctor's opinion was possible but extremely unlikely, then the veteran should receive an extra compensation. If the VA doctor's opinion was impossible, then the veteran should receive the maximum bonus. I would need to review the VA books to extrapolate a reasonable percentage of bonus compensation, but I would guess a maximum rate of 5 to 10% per year should be acceptable (with compounded interest).

Anything self correcting will correct itself. If it cost money for the VA to stall, then the VA would need a possible gain to stall. In reality money is the problem and the answer. This doesn't stop the VA from using any of their normal stall tactics, it just makes the VA think before stalling. This would change the atmosphere from stalling for everything, to just stalling when there is a potential for gain. If you were a 100% disabled veteran, would you like waiting years for the VA to finally do what should have been done from day one

Things are as simple as people make it. When one side has nothing to lose, than it would be foolish to believe they wouldn't take advantage of it.

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