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Area veterans’ benefits records were mishandled : News-Record.com : Greensboro, North Carolina

Area veterans’ benefits records were mishandledSunday, news-record.com November 30 (updated 7:13 am)By Lex Alexander Winston-Salem’s Department of Veterans Affairs regional office is among at least 41 VA offices nationwide that improperly placed papers in bins to be shredded, records show………………..The papers were described in an Oct. 23 VA conference call as “critical,” meaning the documents were necessary for veterans’ claims to be properly adjudicated. Improper adjudication could keep veterans or their survivors from getting money to which they are entitled……………………

If VA documents were destroyed improperly, it wouldn’t be the first time.

In 1987, a federal court fined the VA $115,000 for purging records of service members who had been exposed to radiation in Japan after World War II and in postwar nuclear tests.

Area veterans’ benefits records were mishandled : News-Record.com : Greensboro, North Carolina

December 1, 2008 - Posted by | Uncategorized

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