VETERANS AFFAIRS CAUGHT SCREWING OVER 1000s OF VETS BY CALLING THEM DEAD

John Haywood of Breitbart News Reports

The latest scandal from the Department of Veterans Affairs is a series of four thousand errors, which mistakenly declared living veterans dead, terminating their benefits.

The Wall Street Journal reports there were 4,201 such errors over the past five years, which the VA insisted means it has a 99.83 percent accuracy rate.

That spin did not fly with angry veterans or their congressional representatives, especially since this revelation comes atop a long string of VA scandals and an equally long string of unfulfilled promises that the Department will be reformed.

“Generally, I just don’t think people understand how bad it could be. It could be one day you’ve got a house, and the next you don’t,” 69-year-old Navy vet Michael Rieker of Duenedin, Florida, told the Journal. He managed to convince the VA he was still alive, but then they cut his benefits off again a few months later.

Riker’s congressman, Rep. David Jolly, blasted the VA in a statement only partially excerpted by the Wall Street Journal.

“These numbers confirm our suspicion, that mistaken deaths by the VA have been a widespread problem impacting thousands of veterans across the country. It’s a problem that should have been addressed years ago, as it has caused needless hardships for thousands of people who had their benefits terminated and their world turned upside down,” said Jolly, who requested a full report on the problem after learning about a series of mistaken death cases in the Tampa Bay area.

“I’ll be asking the VA for a new report at the end of this year so we can see the numbers from 2016,” Jolly promised. “If the VA’s new policy is indeed working, this problem should be eliminated. If the problem persists, then Congress will demand further action.”

“We simply cannot have men and women who have sacrificed for this country see their rightful benefits wrongfully terminated because the VA mistakenly declares them dead,” he continued. “This creates tremendous financial hardships and undue personal turmoil for veterans, many who are seniors relying primarily if not solely on their VA benefits.”

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