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HomeMy WebLinkAbout02-18-21 Public Comment - M. Freeman - Hatch Act 2 Michael S.Freeman H P.O.Box 16005 Colorado Springs,CO 80935 February 10",2021 Bozeman City Hall ATTN: Cyndy Andrus 121 N Rouse Ave, Bozeman,MT 59715 Mayor Andrus, My name is Michael S.Freeman H,and I am a disabled Veteran trying to get in contact with Senator Jon Tester. He is the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs(SVAC). The SVAC is the congressional committee charged with oversight of the Department of Veterans Affairs(VA). I am trying to get his committee to launch an investigation into a possible violation of the Hatch Act from one of the senior executives within the VA, but his committee has not yet acknowledged my letter to him despite my numerous attempts to contact him. I am certain that any Veterans residing within your city will appreciate an investigation into possible corruption of a VA public official—especially one that is such a prominent figure within the appeals system of the VA. I would be very grateful it if you could forward a copy of the enclosed letter to him and ask him why he is so reluctant to investigate these allegations.Please contact me using the contact information listed at the top of this page if you have any questions for me. Sincerely, I 'MA G&,adv't,t., au�, Michael S.Freeman II Disabled Veteran i I Enclosed:Letter to Sen.Jon Tester Dated 2/1/21 Michael S. Freeman II P.O. Box 16005 Colorado Springs, CO 80935 Michael.S.Freeman2Ajzmail.corn February 9th,2021 Office of U.S. Senator Jon Tester ATTN: Jon Tester 1 E. Main Street, Suite 202 Bozeman,MT 59715 Sen. Tester, Please have your committee conduct an investigation into the allegations posed in this letter. It pertains to an alleged post by Board of Veterans' Appeals (BVA)Chairman Cheryl Mason(herein referred to as"Ms. Mason")that may be in violation of the Hatch Act. It has come to my attention that Ms. Mason is alleged to have made the following post sometime in September of 2020: Cheri Mason 2h • o IL •N111 OTTAWA MAN WALKS OHIO FOR LIMA For reference,the Justice Department furnishes the following general guidance in reference to the Hatch Act: "Since partisan political activity in the workplace is prohibited by the Hatch Act, employees may not use the Internet or any other government equipment to engage in partisan political activities." Source: https://wwwjustice.govljmd/political-activities I would assume that the aforementioned Facebook post was made while Ms. Mason was off duty,which would ostensibly result in the Hatch Act not applying to this situation--except it seems that Ms.Mason is a complete bozo that has her government email account linked to her Facebook account: ®Political Activrties X 0 Forgot Pazssvord I Cant Log In I X + 0 x F C A facebook.com/recover/initiateRars=facebook login&privacy_mutation_token=eyJOeXBlljowLCJjcmVhdGlvbl9OaWIlljoxNjEyMTYyNjgOLCJjYWxsc2iOZV9pz facebook Reset Your Pasas d xtl.ao Yw.n\m w3 ra mae m a Se 3 ow w SSwN r In s..maa S�aa.ea AO WyYHoAxsbP.e+i ®NM Yevi EryiHiU91 FSP+ro F.vys?rr<el�i..a'i)+r Po'agal3 ese"t7>l HYro Cu3st1 tH'a—R ayi to IyN YessM g3e0aAlta \Nkt FexY Pare PSHCYeer<s PNc.3 lV..w:a FS<ae:d Pis C4ais JKs CSWf PYYs .1. tN Fu.Caa3ss ° 1 \b.M--C— fled eM.. C73N Pspo INre'o.n GSNa M1.Ks COTo} wCtlweD TNrz !Yp ® P 7ype hereto search • Since she does not have a public professional Facebook profile page and she has several non-government email accounts linked to the same account--I am to presume that her government email is linked to the account in question(as opposed to a different account). I am not a lawyer,but I imagine that her government email account is considered to be"government equipment"for purposes of the Hatch Act. I know that Congress and the White House loves Ms.Mason because her corruption saves Congress a lot of money by acting as an intentional bottleneck for Veterans disability claims. But this saved money is built on false pretenses,and it is beyond time to get someone with more ethics to take her place. In addition to reviewing this letter,I am also asking that you review the enclosed letter for details explaining her other massive failures while working at the BVA and why she brings great shame to the position that she currently holds. Please let me know when you receive this letter or if you have any questions. Thank you, N&,au,LvY,tw�aan, Michael S.Freeman II Disabled Veteran Enclosed: List of BVA Chairman Cheryl Mason's Failures at the BVA LIST OF BVA CHAIRMAN CHERYL MASON'S FAILURES AT THE BVA For a clickable version of this list,please visit www.twittet•.com/EtzdVACorruption and click the link in the pinned tweet. BVA Scandals under Ms. Mason: (a) Alleged Violation of Hatch Act. Under the Hatch Act,Ms.Mason is considered a further-restricted employee,which includes executive service(SES),administrative law judges,and administrative appeal judges. U.S.C.§7323(b)(2)(A);S C.F.R.§734.401. The laws also states "The Chairman shall be subject to the same ethical and legal limitations and restrictions concerning involvement in political activities as apply to judges of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims."38 U.S.C.§7101(b)(1).Further-restricted employees may not post the partisan material of a candidate or partisan group. Doing so could result in removal,reduction in grade,debarment from federal employment for a period up to five years,suspension,reprimand,and a civil penalty up to$1,000.See S U.S.C.§7326. I have received credible allegations(with proof)that within the month of September 2020 she posted a Pro-Trump article on her personal Faccbook account's timeline in violation of this act.If this is true,then her objectivity has been compromised and she cannot be trusted to instruct her staff to render fair and impartial judgements on Veterans appeals.Furthermore,if these allegations are true then this alone should justify her immediate resignation or required removal from her current position. Source:Anonymous (b) "'Terrified'of Retaliation Inside Veterans Affairs Whistleblower Office". "Creating an internal once to address Whistleblower retaliation is unusual,but the VA has a particularly rich history of abuses,many of which have been compounded by a lack of accountability for misconduct. The department has a well-documented history offering whistleblowers after they speak up about problems,but has a dismal record when it comes to holding people accountable for poor performance or egregious misconduct." Source:hgRs•//www pogo org/investigation/2020/03/terrified-of-retaliation-inside-veterans-affairs-whistleblower-office/ While it is worth noting that while the BVA is not specifically cited by this article,there is no reason to believe that the BVA is exempt.The VA would like for us to believe that the BVA is an entirely separate organization,but that could not be further from the truth;the fact remains that the BVA is still part of the VA no matter how much they might try to have us believe otherwise,and VA leadership routinely illegally retaliates against whistleblowers. (c) "***PRESS RELEASE***Veterans Groups Sue VA For Data on Bias,Sexism". "The VA has not shown that it has fully eradicated the culture of bias that allowed its VLJs to openly promote hate for years.Its reluctance to provide a remedy for veterans whose claims were handled by bigoted VLJs inspires no confidence that it will take evidence of discrimination seriously." Source:httt)s•//www.i)rotectourdefenders compress-release-veterans-groups-sue-va-for-data-on-bias-sexism/ (d) Fraudulent BVA decision declared within Supreme Court Case Docket#18-1360. "The most egregious continuing violation by the said defendants'is their creating a fraudulent BVA Tribunal decision in May 31,2018,which had the legal effect of completely foreclosing this veteran's EED appeal,and then publishing it on their official website(VA.gov)3 this without informing this veteran:of same by letter to the rendering of the fraudulent decision,nor the decision itself.Furthermore,the basis for that fraudulent BVA decision was in the VA 3 alleging • this veteran had not filed a VA Form-9 to perfect his appeal;this being the 2nd time the VA erroneously stated the VA form 9 was]untimely June 12,2015 and2 May 31,2018 forfailure to submit a timely VA Forme 1-9 a continuing violation of a 1st amendment constitutional right" Source:hops•//www supremecourt gov/DocketPDF/18/18-1360/98014/20190430150253818 OOOOOOOI.pdf This indicates the high likelihood that there is a great deal of unethical behavior and corruption within the BVA behind their decision- making process.Because of the rampant corruption within this case,the Supreme Court ended up granting a Writ of Certiorari(which is exceedingly rare)for this Veteran.This further reveals the extent of the corruption that exists within the BVA.It points to either direct involvement by senior leadership within the BVA or it points to a severe lack in oversight of this organization.Either way,Ms.Mason should be embarrassed that the Supreme Court had to point out the BVA's fraud in this case. (e) "The Black Hole of BVA Remands—The Silent Denial.""It starts with a BVA decision that grants service connection,but fails to make a decision on effective dates or impairment ratings,and THENfails to remand or'refer those issues back to the Regional Office....I call these decisions`BVA Silent Denials"' Source: hUs://www.veteranslawbloQ.orwbva- remands/#•—•text=It%20starts%20with%20a%20B VA.decisions%20%E2%80%9CB VA%20Silent%20Denials%E2%80%9D I have conducted a review of some of Mason's decisions prior to becoming the Chairman of the BVA and in doing so I gained a much deeper understanding of why she was selected to lead this organization.If she is not denying,dismissing,or remanding Veterans'appeals, then she is found to be often utilizing the silent denial technique to punt the backpay issue back to the VBA(where they will typically screw the Veteran).With very little effort on my part,I have identified Mason's use of the Silent Denial in the following BVA Docket numbers: 05-21 686A,Citation#1229868 04-23 523,Citation#1340239 09-03 298,Citation#1303867 03-22 830,Citation#1313869 10-14 796,Citation#1334810 06-25 752,Citation#1454914 13-03 213,Citation#1327413 13-13 977,Citation#1327581 1 I-32 256,Citation#1325928 11-32 269,Citation#1325430 To confirm my theory that these are true silent denials,I made a FOIA Request(21-01028-F)to the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA)FOIA office and requested effective dates and ratings for the above-mentioned appeals,to which they responded by referring my request to the BVA FOIA office—this confirms my theory,because if effective dates and ratings were made for any of these appeals,they would have had to have been made by the VBA(because.they were not determined within the BVA decision themselves).I could have identified many more examples of her using this tactic,but I do not wish to continue searching because this kind of overt abuse which likely resulted in her ascension to her current position and it is very depressing to confirm my suspicion that she is working against Veterans.While I cannot speak on the merits of other appeals that Mason denied,dismissed,or remanded;I can say with relative ease that Mason very frequently utilizes this tactic,which explains why government leadership is so fond of her.In the meantime,she is showing clear bias and undermining the very institution that she is supposed to represent. (f) "Quality review of mass adjudication:a randomized natural experiment at the board of veterans appeals,2003-16". "The likely reason for this functional divergence ofstandards of review was the desire to meet BMA's performance goal of"accurate"decisions.BVA would regularly report accuracy rates of 93-95%in its Annual Reports(e.g.,Board of Veterans'Appeals,2014,2016),which were defined as a keyperfo»nance measure under the Government Performance and Results Act and scrutinized in congressional oversight hearings (House Committee on Veterans'Affairs,2007,2008;Senate Committee on Veterans'Affairs,2005)." Source:httns://siepr.stanford.edu/sites/default/files/publications/19-005.pdf While this timeframe is not during Mason's tenure as Chairman and cannot be relegated to her leadership,it is worth noting that inaccuracy in decisions continued well into her tenure[see next subparagraph]. (g) "Due Process and Mass Adjudication:Crisis and Reform"[10,111 Another case-study revealed that "In 2018.4,842 BVA decisions were appealed to CAVC Only 382(7916)of these BVA decisions were aff rmed.80 percent were remanded in whole or in part. In the same year.BVA claimed to have maintained a 93.5%accuracy rate.".The VA routinely touts the broken records quantity of decisions on the part of the BVA and uses this metric to pretend that this organization is doing right by Veterans. Another excerpt from this review states, "Second,we draw upon a rich internal database of over 500,000 decisions by VA judges to evaluate a prototypical initiative of internal administrative law. The Board of Veterans'Appeals(BVA)operated its "Quality Review Program"without formal change for frfteen years.It randomly selected cases for review,creating a unique natural experiment The dataset, which the agency itself uses to manage its adjudicatooy process,has never before been publicly studied. II'e use this dataset to examine whether the program,which an elite detail offour to sixfull-time attorneys implemented for over fifteen years,improved decisional quality.22 Through in-depth investigation,we show that the program generated an all-but-meaningless measure of decisional quality. The program failed to identify errors in decisionmaking in any rigorous way,but it did generate an "accuracy rate"the agency used to defend its work 23 Quality Review(QR),in essence,became public relations.Our findings reveal the extent of the crisis threatening the federal administrative state:Even an agency that claims success may in fact be biding dramatic declines in decisional quality." Source: https:Hwestdunn.com/va-law/stanford-study-shows-bvas-accuracy-claims-are- misleadina#•—:text=In%202018%2C%204%2C842%20BVA%20decisions maintained%20a%2093.5%25%20accuracv%20rate I find it very hard to believe that this level of dysfunction could be present without significant misconduct and/or negligence on Ms. Mason's part. . (h) Various Critiques/Comments from the Public.While this evidence is not particularly surprising on its own accord,it does solidify the reality behind the failures of the BVA over the last few years.What I have attached to this document is only a small sample from a much larger batch of exposure of the corruption within the VA/BVA.This inclusion serves to supplement the detailed studies that I provided from Stanford and applies a human element to the massive failures of the BVA. BVA Criticism (In no particular order) ® Sue Frasier @SignalCorps1970•Aug 31 V Replying to @Sec Wilkie and @DeptWtAffa!rs Donna Heafey(ODonnaHeafey Feb 25,2019 This Comp&Pen process is a sham,hoax of a fraud that uses incompetent Reply ino to e VAVetllenefits types as"judges".Veterans everywhere flatly reject the idea that BVA even You've had this appeal for over 7 yrs.We know how long it can take has an academic medical brain,let alone,the organized capacity to pull off a However it has been advanced on the docket for the last 9 months and in 37 rational victory.Get a Clue here,Wilkie! days we'll be homeless. Q U 1 Q 3 u Q LZ Q u JustMyOpinlon @MalibuMom62•Jun 7,2019 Replying to:SeriFel!dano @DeptVetAffairs and @VAVetBenefits pauick Bryan�y�eag!eone200 Feb I5,2019 1 hear you...Still waiting 37 years on plus the Iasi eight years of the actual Replying to 4+NAVet6enrrrts fight for the appeal.We get absolutely no respect!If they really wanted to So my appeal that got remanded by the BVA.after siting the 10 month,and help us,they would have made sure that this?snafu was taken care of two it taking 5 years to get the rehearing on the same issues goes to the bottom decades ago possibly three or four. of the line,right?? Q t7 u Q 2 L7 • Bustos Juan Juarez @BustosJuanJuaru•Oct 30,2018 )reaIDonaIdTrunnP I wish you Mr.President would look into the VA BOARD Patrick Bryan @eagleone200•Feb 15,2019 IF VETERAN'S APPEAL BOARD. {r1s3r Repiyinq to rT-9leone200 and:�,VAVet6ene5t; THEY HSVE BEEN STALLING ON MJNE SINCE 2010.MY CLAIM IS SINCE Oh wait you can't appeal a remand,so now they can take as long as thay 1993.THEY KEEP REMANDING FOR THE SAME DEFINITION IF THE SAME want,that's the way to delay legally correct?Send it back as a remand!! MEDICAL TERM.GOING ON SINCE 2010. Q 1 U Q u Q T-1 Q u Patrick Bryan @eagleone200•Nov 22,2019 dbb Rabies @Rabes323•Mar 5,2019 Replying to @lvanJakoff @VAVetBenefits and @USAm1y v IANI Replying to @realDonaldTwmp My claim has so far been over 10 yrs on appeal,through 2 BVA hearings Maybe you should address the 5 year delay that Veterans face when they over the same issues,2 RO remands,an they still delay it.All because I'm a appeal denials of their benefits claims--Veterans wrongfully deprived of pre 911 Vet and they keep changing everything to suit them,not comply benefits commit suicide while they wait.Not fixed!See Martin v.O'Rourke, with the law.There is zero accountability to the RO's!! 891 F.3d 1338(Fed Cir.2018). Q L7 Q 1 u Q L7 Q u God Bless the USA @paxl776-Aug 29,2019 Missing paperwork;Denied Claim;Remanded Claim after 12 year appeal;& Denied Claim after VA eye exam.That's been my experience with the VA Hope you had a better experience.@Deptve+Affairs @vAVetBenef!ts *MAGA @NRA @PeteHegseth @foxandfriends Q t-11 Q u Patrick Yates @patdckD994-Jun 10,2019 grealDonaldTrump OVAVetBenefits WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO FIX THIS WAITING ON A APPEAL WITH A JUDGE 166k IN LINE MINE WAS NUMBER 76k NOW 78K HOW CAN I GO BACKWARDS?BEEN WAITING 9YRS NOW WE WILL DIE BEFORE WE GET HELP AND WHEN WE DIE OUR CLAIM DIES AS WELL Q tz Q epludbusawesome:,p5BUX75DEVRDOG-May 24,2019 - a- i.h 1, - ,1 don't know how l feel to know that my appeal is in the top 25%or that there are 41,211 ahead of me considering my claim has been pending for roughly 2793 days.1pwptVetAffair s OVAVetSoneffts a. I rom; Jere a way to prioritize.,-.y a © Chisholm Chisholm&Kilpatrick LTD premiered a video. January 8 at 4:09 PM•O CCK has learned that many VA decision letters from the Board of Veterans'Appeals(BVA)were sent months late,sometimes even past the appeal deadline that Veteran had to meet.Tune in to learn more about this issue,and what Veterans should do if they receive a delayed BVA decision. Chris Z @shitholean @EdLaborCmte @BobbyScott working for the government is only rewarding because we are serving our country. It does not pay very well.When a government employee is struggling to make ends meet Bit llaslluk®bldsliuk-Mar 5,2019 °•° �F+i�� Delay.Deny.Hope they die.rdUCLA_Law professor David Marcus and co- but at the same time the agency he is working for has author rpldanhot uncover serious flaws in the Board of Veterans'Appeals In place illegal employment handling of claims.Ho and Marcus published an essay explaining the findings in @TheHill. 3.42 PM•Nov 9.2019•Twitter Web App Q T-1 n u Chris Z @shitholean•Nov 9,2019 °°° Replying to @shitholean practices,it should be a matter of public concern.I have been trying to get this committee's attention to the fact that the Board of Veterans Appeals where I work hires people for the samejob under different position titles law clerk and attorney advisor).The difference in Q 1 T-1 Co When the VA misrepresents performance,veterans suffer ® Chris Z @shitholean•Nov 9,2019 An examination of nearly 600,000 cases shows poor quality review and pay is more than S1000.1 am working for the government but every month I morale involving veterans'appeals for disability compensation. am cheated out$1000.1 have to use my overdraft to make it to the next 9 thehill.com paycheck.I have been trying to get someone to help solve this problem but — so far it seems like I am not important enough. Q t7 2 Q s u M.Marbella&Naw 1 can say my President and VP °°• �+ @msmarbella (Thread)washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/op-eds... I AO.Rk. Ms.MarbellaL Now 1 can say my President and VP Cn-Jan 22.2019 °•• can answer this as I was there. The reason it is difficult doing their work.Mind you,in this case we are talking about administratively appointed judges not courtroom judges.These judges are for veterans to get their disabilities is that the Board of supervisory level.If the BVA were to cut out the middleman,the time for Veterans Appeals, which hires the attorneys and judges receiving a decision in a veteran's disability decision would be cut4/ to decide the disability cases is antiquated and Q 1 tz Q J mismanaged. l!Flth. Ms.MarbellalL Now I can say my President and VP @•Jan 2Z 2019 °°° 7:43 AM-Jan 22,2019•Twitter for Android 4W in half.Second the Board of Veterans Appeals which decides claims is antiquated and mismanaged.The Board,because of their management,is slow and reluctant to enter necessary changes.For example agencies which 1 Quote Tweet write opinions often use templates which contain the 5/ Q 1 LZ 1 Q u Q tZ (7 u Ms.Marbellal°Now I can say my President and VP r=a•Jan 22,2019 ••• !^. Ms.MarbellaC,Now 1 can say my President and VP 9 Jan 22,2019 ••° qW- basic law provisions and provide all relevant information as to the Veterans Replying to @ msmarbella name etc.The attorney researches the facts for each case,and using the Veteran's disability cases go through a very cumbersome process where template produces an opinion.Presently,attorneys are spending hours each judges must sign off on even routine decisions written by trained attorneys, day typing routine information.Well done 6/ which significantly extends the time for a decision on a claim,as these 01 LZ Q u judges have no timelines.Other agencies,2/ Q 1 U Q u ! !!�. Ms.MarbellaiLNow I can say my President and VP Ca•Jan 22.2019 °°• Ctemplates would reduce the time a veteran receives a decision dramatically. ! Ms.MarbellaLNow I unsay my President and VP C9 Jan 22,2019 °°° Third,the Board of Veteran's Appeals is completely horribly mismanaged. ewho also have quotas systems and handle a lot of cases,have attorneys write The management is out of touch and has no vision or ideas.They also decision,determine compensation and send the decision forward.This this ignore the needs or issues of the workers.This caused 7/ third party is an unnessecary delay.Often attorneys trying to do a good job have to deal with temper mental judges instead of 3/ Q 1 1U Q u Joseph Lizyness @JosephLizyness•Jun 6,2020 ^^^ Two things needing reform: 1-Board of Veterans Appeals 2-Veterans Benefits Administration Straight up horribly ran and rigged.The amount of stress these Ponzi Scheme government organizations cause our veterans is criminal. 3 u ��• •Palms JANE Babcock G July 18.2018 at 8:17 pm ♦ 7 i1 i1/ I I would be really nice if the BVA could be consistent in it's awards and denials.I know the BVA is not precedent setting.But when a CVSO,like myself,does a case search and finds examples of awards for exactly the same condition or cause of death,due to the same place or event as my veteran,and then the next case was denied,the next awarded,....You get the picture.It gives credence to the delay,deny,hope I die feeling so many veterans have.How the heck can one guy In a unit,on the same base at the same time, doing the same job,right next to others granted exposure to a chemical,be denied. 4♦♦, ♦Joel Gray OJuy13,20l8aI321jxn ♦ ♦ This is all well and good but how about doing something about the hearings,I have been waiting alrnosl 3 T♦ ♦op years.My original claim was entered almost 5 years ago. &RKhwdl,Wlab 0June8,2018atilkl7am Nice catch Irwin,all the VA and all Involved with the VA are concerned with Is NUMBERS. 1� And here you caught a perfect example of that I've had an appeal in since 2/10114.Was 4^� given ab estimate of 2 years for a decision by my advocate. My supposedly Full File was sent to the BVA on May 121h 2018 on May 31s1 I had a decision. It was remanded back to the Regional Office and wanting more tests to be done.My appeal was originally submitted 9115/2010. They might be signing off on cases,but they're NOTALL RESOLVED!More numbers playing with us Veteran's.Second Class Citizens,make's my blood boil! 0My appeal has been in a mmand status since 2014.The VAmade a decision on5096 of my—and and IeB 50%hanging.I attended all my examrations and the medial reports were wratan and received by the VA Ngw,1 worked in the court system for 25 years and I know that judges We to rule on their rases,keeping their rase bads movrg to keep their cases minimized.Therefore,I rant for the Me why the BVA judge.don't do status mvle-to see vtry the VA Is sitting an appeal Issues toil gm O g old.It seems a belt"case managemenl and open communication between the CA and the BVA needs to be overhauled.If one has all the evil—and all the IMEs to decide,then decide.it's preposterous when one has an expert pulmonoloyst In ban pits and the Chief of a Safi at Orlando Veterans Hospital deem me to be bum pa victim for the VA to drag out this matter.Also,indeparMraa IMEs confmoed my Pulmonary issues and submitted to the VA To say this process of a remand could 10 years is ludicrous and umonsaonable.Its roil appropriate,morale or ethical tohope that these medical issues and use are best resoh+ed by the death of the veterans dal are waiting for Uheir uses to be delermhed. ♦R`dl riv<ia OJmwyiA:07.rd2,te sh whyshelp the VA and the Veterans by fang Dose ass wipe Oomays al the Board of Appeals scour they e Interested in 0-ring their rases than doing actual work by gaffing veterans haled per the me&ai widenco! 11 you wwh too respond than by of mans you can er#aln Wry IheZ has refused roc resolve my use and 1.4 them lac honor the court order! I made contact with the coat In August fast year and to court laid me that to BVA not only fed to ma but also the court and they want them back in court.I expressed this to a Darase Fleeing and she was not happy that 1 told her too let the jac am lawyer worlu g my claim that this a oukl go back to court because they are refusing too comply Mh the Mamh 2013 agreed upon sentiment and this Is golbg riGWo s! •vicmeer 0Jaivary29,2020et7D3pm Bogus,empty rhetoric is my opinion of Cheryl Mason and the VBA and Dr.Lawrence.Why?After three remands from the BVA,and one CAVC remand since my claim began 8119/2002,eighteen years later, without required Expeditious Treatment statutorily mandated,processing of my Legacy appeal remains undecided.My congressional delegation does not and cannot expedite VA processing of the claim.Chairmen of the Veterans Affairs Committees in the House and Senate(Congressman PhD Roe and Sonata Johnny Isakson)do not respond to totters mailed them.Contacting the White House,and calling their VA Complaint Hotline accomplishes nothing.The American Legion is my representative but nothing changes concerning Additional Development ordered by the Court and BVA VA Regional Offices and Decision Review Officers operate lackadaisically. I have not and will not switch to alleged Modernization. j FREDERICK PATTERSON O September 18,2019 at 1220 pm I have been waiting for 7 years for my appeal.Then they told me it went to be reviewed by the judge in December of 2018 and should take 2 months,I still have not heard anything. +M &Donato Crauswell O September 25,2018 at 7:t9 pm 81.000 copy and pasted denials?I have yet to see any improvement by the VA Board especially St.Pete.My 10 year old claim was remanded for the second time just a week or so ago.The law Judge didn't even call me in for the hearing,because the Board failed to follow current jaw and rulings forget any new approach. - Maybe its time to dean house of those on the Boards that let this wrong continue. •Kawanda S V/atson 0,1*23,2018 at 525 pm I've been waiting on a decision on a appeal since 2015.The original claim June 2012.Plsd TBI coal