oversaw the most egregious examples of mismanagement that in a case of a legionnaire s outbreak at a va pittsburgh facility led to at least five veteran deaths. according to the house veterans affairs committee, diana rubens with, the va executive in charge of the nearly 60 offices that process disability benefits compensation claims, they collected $60,000 in bonuses while presiding over a near-sevenfold increase in back hog claims. in philadelphia, the director of the regional office received a $23,000 bonus in twfn despite doubling the backlog from 2010-2011. after a deadly legionnaire s outbreak in pittsburgh, va regional director michael moreland collected a $63,000 bonus, that s just one example of over clash 573,000 in bonus checks paid out to va officials who oversaw record highs in