Talk:United States Department of Veterans Affairs

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Contents 1 Personal appeal 2 DVA vs. DHS? 3 DVA Funding 4 Not sure about some of this info. 5 Headstones and graves 6 History

[edit] Personal appeal

I would like to know if there is someone out there that would have the information I need regarding my father who is a disabled veteran from World War Two. Dad is 89 years old, and was injured in Africa in 1943. He had a brain injury, was sent to Sicily to a hospital. From there he was sent to Rome Georgia to another hospital. Somewhere along the line, dad was discharged from Rome Georgia. On his discharge papers it should have had a rating of Staff Sargent, but did not, and also he was a gunner and the information was not correct. He had never corrected these things, due to injury and illness during his life. Now that he is 89, it is very important for him to correct these things before he dies. How do I go about fixing this? Any information would be greatly appreciated... contact me at marytronti@hotmail.com

PBless606@aol.com Iam a VA .Ihurt myself while I was in the service after I wsa discharge I went to work at the VA and hurt myself again they took xrays and the xrays they took whileI was working at the VA will prove that I hurt my BACK while I was in the service but they are lost my na is Harry Pelham my email is Pbless606@aol.com.Some of my papers is all ready missing If you can help God bless you if you can't God bless you Thank you for your time 8454523224

[edit] DVA vs. DHS?

The article states that the DVA is the second-largest dept in the US govt, behind the DOD. However, I've heard the same said about DHS (Dept. of Homeland Security). Does anyone have any statistics to bear this out?--Mitsukai 16:40, 30 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] DVA Funding

My mother works as a nursing supervisor for a VA hospital. She sees firsthand the funding problems that the DVA has. The hospital is badly understaffed, and increasing cutbacks are not only preventing the DVA from hiring new staff but also is resulting in many neccessary parts of the hospital being closed either during off hours or permanently. For example, recently they've taken to closing the pharmacy after I believe it's 6pm on weekdays. If a patient needs a specific medicine during off hours, the nursing supervisor has to search through four different medicine cabinets scattered across the hospital looking for it, then if they can't find it, call in a pharmacist from home (one of their pharmacists lives an hour from the hospital). Long story short, if a patient codes and is in dire need of a medicine, he or she is very likely SOL. I'll try to update this with more detailed information later, but if you could write to your senators and congressmen about this issue before it gets any worse.

[edit] Not sure about some of this info.

I am 20% disabled and am not charged a penny for my medical care or prescriptions (what the VA asks of my private insurer, I don't know). I receive splendid treatment at the VA Medical Center, and am grateful to them -- and to my fellow taxpayers! -- for it!

Treatment is not just based on service-related disability as in my case, it is also provided to low-income Vets. Based on nothing more than a hunch, I think these form the bulk of VA healthcare recipients.

I think this article needs to be redone completely, with more verification of information.LTUSN 10:56, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Headstones and graves

What about the headstones and graves functions of the VA? I think it needs to be expanded past the link to United States National Cemetery.

• Burial and Memorial Benefits

--evrik 14:29, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] History

I came here hoping to learn about the VA's turnaround, from denigrated to admired. The VA's own site certainly isn't going to offer a balanced view of it's history. But the VA's entire 76-year history only gets three little paragraphs here. Can somebody fill this out better? Tysto 01:02, 23 September 2006 (UTC)