All of a sudden, every politician, Democrat and Republican is jumping to take on the VA Backlog. Not one of these men or women gave a second thought to the cruel way the VA is treating our veterans until the past few weeks. After the fiasco of the government shutdown, the spying incident, and the Obama-Care, that can’t be accessed, all the politicians from both parties are scrambling like rats on a sinking ship to save their jobs! These elected officials finally realize that us voters are going to get rid of every incumbent Congressman, Senator, and etc. in the next few elections. The President has already served his two terms, so we won’t need to vote him out.

So now, here we are with all these politicians claiming they are going to fix the VA Backlog, and they deserve credit for it. All the while, things aren’t getting any better. Congress and the Senate, with the President’s blessing, have passed several pieces of legislation, given the VA billions of dollars, and 700,000 of our injured, sick and wounded American veteran soldiers are still suffering and dying while begging for help from the VA.

The VA executives, lawyers and claims adjusters are sure enjoying that billions of taxpayers’ dollars. They are getting huge salaries, $20,000-$50,000 in annual bonuses for not doing their job, complete family medical benefits (not Obamacare, either), and trips to exotic places for so-called conferences in 5-Star hotels, with lavish meals, spas, and etc.

Here is what happens at the VA every day. A VA claims adjuster picks up a veteran’s claim, glances at it briefly, and immediately denies it. Then a letter is sent to the disabled veteran. The veteran must then appeal this decision. Once the appeal is sent back to the VA and received, it goes into a much worse backlog, the VA Claims Appeals Backlog.

This backlog is better known as cardboard boxes full of claims tossed into some storage room, never to be touched. Once the veteran’s claim reaches this appeals level, it will be 5-7 years, or maybe more before the claim is glanced at again. Most appeals are never worked on, because the claims that are in appeals do not count toward the number of backlogged claims the VA has to report. So, the goal is to deny as many claims as possible, get them into appeals, and forget they exist.

While all this cruel, heartless behavior is going on at the VA, the executives, lawyers and adjusters are singing their national anthem, “DENY, DENY, UNTIL THEY DIE! What a National Disgrace!