2/25/06 UPDATE Re: VA violation 38 USC 1722a

Received a reply from the Board of Veterans' Appeals, Deputy Vice Chairman, Mr. Charles Hogeboom.

"Under the provisions of 38 U.S.C. 7107(a) and 38 C.F.R. 20.900(c), the board is required to consider and decide appeals in regular order according to their places upon the Board's docket. A motion to advance a case on the Board's docket for earlier consideration and determination may be submitted. However, a motion to advance may be granted if good or sufficient cause is shown. Good or sufficient cause has not been shown. Your motion remains denied because it is not apparent that a favorable decision by the Board in your case would affect other veterans....In accordance with this ruling, your appeal will remain in its current docket order for consideration."

What are they telling us? "..it is not apparent that a favorable decision by the Board in your case would affect other veterans." Not affect other veterans?

They don't care! My claim does not have, 'good or sufficient cause, even if over 1.1 million veterans have been, and are being over-charged. What I get out of all this is, if the board agrees with me 2 years down the line, I win. And apparently, I get return of these co-payment over-charges (which I asked for), and will get a reduction in my prescription co-payments according to my claim? (yea, right) But all other veterans, their medication co-payments will carry over-charges? (extremely possible) Wait, No! What they are really saying is, they will stall, delay, deny, hold off, hoping I die! That's it! That is what they mean by, "..because it is not apparent that a favorable decision by the Board in your case would affect other veterans." When I die, you are out of it. It's all over. Does a veteran ever win? It does not pay to be a veteran.

Well, I tried.