Attached and signed by someone no less than an assistant director. Upon completion of the claim, an email was to be sent to the Va Central Office explaining the circumstances of the claim and why this claim was going to have an altered date of claim, a newer date. Additionally, the claim was supposed to be tracked in a program by way of a flash which could be tracked. This fast letter was the vas solution for solving the issues with the backlog, because by 2015, the va promised that there would be no claims pending older than 125 days. Philadelphia Regional Office took this fast letter to mean that they could change the dates of claims on every claim older than six weeks old regardless of the circumstances. When investigated by the oig, the Pension Center managers pled ignorance and stated they misapplied or misunderstood the fast letter. Ironically, there is proof to the contrary. The memo was used to minimize the average dates pending of a claim to make the Regional Offices numbers l
Columbia Veterans Affairs officials held a town hall in Greenville, as veterans and family members expressed frustration, mostly with scheduling appointments.
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) – Columbia Veterans Affairs is teaming up with the University of South Carolina to host a mass vaccination clinic on President’s Day.
It will be at the Colonial Life Arena at 801 Lincoln Street and runs from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
It’s for enrolled veterans aged 65 and older.
Appointments are required to receive a vaccine.
The Columbia VA says you need to call their vaccine hotline at 1-803-776-4000, press 1 and then dial the extension 2873 (CURE) to schedule an appointment.
The hotline hours are from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday.