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UPDATE: VA SHREDDER STORY GAINS NATIONAL MEDIA

ATTENTION -- U.S. News & World Report: It will be

nearly impossible to figure out how many documents

had been incorrectly destroyed in the past.

All stories regarding the VA's shredder and document handling scandal can be found on this page... click here...
http://www.vawatchdog.org/VAshredderscandal.htm

See below:

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NOTE from Larry Scott

The national media has finally picked up the VA shredder story.

It appears that many media outlets are viewing this as a "small" story that impacts a very few people.

Many reporters with whom I've spoken can't make the connection between a shredded piece of paper and a veteran's shredded life.

Latest story here... http://www.usnews.c
om/articles/news/national/2008/10/31/military-vet
erans-benefit-claims-records-wrongly-hea
ded-for-va-shredders.html

Story below:

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Veterans' Benefit Claims Records Wrongly Headed for VA Shredders

By Amanda Ruggeri

If military veterans applying for benefits either haven't gotten a reply from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs or received a different response than expected, it could mean that evidence for their claim file wound up in the shredder.

A nationwide review of the VA's 57 regional offices has found that 41 had records in their shredder bins that shouldn't have been there. In all, nearly 500 benefit claims records had been erroneously slated for destruction, including claims for compensation, notices of disagreement with a claim decision, and death certificates.
 

TO READ THE REST OF THIS STORY, CLICK HERE...

http://www.usnews.com/articles/news/national/
2008/10/31/military-veterans-benefit-claims-re
cords-wrongly-headed-for-va-shredders.html

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