VA Still Shredding Claims After All These Years?

Veterans claims: Shredding alleged
Local congressman joins colleague in sending letter to Veterans Affairs secretary, inspector general report expected in August.
Press Enterprise
David Downey Staff Writer
July 18, 2015

An Inland congressman is raising concerns about a report from “a highly credible source” that he said indicates veterans’ claims documents were destroyed inappropriately at a Los Angeles regional claims center.

Rep. Raul Ruiz, D-Palm Desert, teamed up with Rep. Julia Brownley, D-Westlake Village, on a letter to Veterans Administration Secretary Robert McDonald. They called on the secretary to halt the shredding of documents and send a team to Los Angeles to evaluate the situation there. The letter says documents were wrongly placed in shred bins.

Brownley said in a news release she had been informed that the Department of Veterans Affairs’ Office of Inspector General substantiated an allegation that paperwork was shredded. She said the inspector general is looking into the matter and expected to issue a report in August.
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Gee that sounds really bad. That is unless you remember how far back all of this has been going on. As with most things, members of Congress have made it a habit to forget they've been down this road before and left massive potholes for veterans to fall into. They really want us to forget that they have jurisdiction over the VA and it was their job to fix it.
Key lawmaker says he’s losing faith in VA October 2008 reported on Army Times

Filner, a frequent critic of VA, cited two examples: the department’s abandoned plans to use a private contractor to help launch the new GI Bill benefits program next year, and VA’s order Thursday to its 57 regional offices to stop shredding documents after veterans’ claims materials were found in piles of paper waiting to be destroyed.

Oh but that isn't all there was. Congress needs history lesson on Veterans' Claims