{"id":61296,"date":"2015-08-09T12:56:21","date_gmt":"2015-08-09T16:56:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=61296"},"modified":"2015-08-09T12:56:41","modified_gmt":"2015-08-09T16:56:41","slug":"veterans-examined-by-unqualified-clinicians-denied-tbi-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=61296","title":{"rendered":"Veterans examined by unqualified clinicians, denied TBI claims"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to KARE11<\/a> in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the VA there is sending out notices to a few hundred veterans who had their claims for traumatic brain injuries denied when the were examined by unqualified medical personnel.<\/p>\n

Instead of being examined by a specialist, records reveal at least one case in which a veteran was denied TBI benefits based on an examination by a nurse practitioner.<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

According to VA documents obtained by KARE 11, the Minneapolis VA used unqualified staffers “from 2010 through 2014” to conduct initial TBI examinations for Compensation and Pension (C&P) benefits in violation of Department of Veterans Affairs policy.<\/p>\n

“So that means hundreds of veterans didn’t get a fair shot to get competent medical opinions about their condition,” said Ben Krause, a Twin Cities based attorney specializing in veteran’s issues.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

According to the KARE11 reporters, they started filing FOIAs to inquire into what they perceived as a problem back in the Spring and the VA started corresponding with Congressman Tim Waltz’ office in regards to the problem;<\/p>\n

In a letter to the VA, Rep. Walz states he’d been told that “over 300 veteran-patients received initial examinations by doctors not authorized to perform TBI examinations”.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It was soon after Walz’ office got involved that veterans started getting notices that they were eligible to be reexamined. The VA is like a gigantic artichoke – the more you pick at it, the more gross, ugly stuff you find.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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