1. VA Watchdog dot Org - VA NEWS FLASH - 03-29-2007 #8 -- NEWS STORY: VA DISABILITY BENEFITS FROM HEMORRHOIDS TO SHAVING BUMPS -- Says VA is a behemoth bloated and backlogged in part by overgenerous benefits for minor maladies barely tied to military service, if at all.nf032907-8.htm
... NEWS STORY: VA DISABILITY BENEFITS FROM HEMORRHOIDS TO SHAVING BUMPS -- Says VA ... NEWS STORY: VA DISABILITY BENEFITS FROM HEMORRHOIDS TO SHAVING BUMPS -- Says VA ... T housands of vets get payments for hemorrhoids, other minor claims By LISA HOFFMAN ... earlier eras are collecting lifetime benefits for hemorrhoids, which they are not required to ... of their lives. In fact, hemorrhoids are the 11th most common disability for ... cost of the benefits to veterans for hemorrhoids alone could be $14 million a ... though some might consider service-connected hemorrhoids to be "a bizarre sounding thing, you can get hemorrhoids from military duty," he said... http://www.vawatchdog.org/07/nf07/nfMAR07/nf032907-8.htm
2. VA Watchdog dot Org - VA NEWS FLASH - 03-30-2007 #1 -- SADDLE-WEARY DIDN'T MAKE WAR WOUND LIST IN CIVIL WAR -- General who tried to claim benefits for hemorrhoids got busted to Colonel.nf033007-1.htm
... General who tried to claim benefits for hemorrhoids got busted to Colonel. The Nation ... General who tried to claim benefits for hemorrhoids got busted to Colonel. Background on VA benefits and hemorrhoids here... http:/ ... leaders of the free world shared was hemorrhoids. And, if they petitioned for ...S. vets receive compensation for their hemorrhoids, earning them mainly by showing they ... age. Veterans service organizations argue that hemorrhoids can result from the stresses, strains ... far back as the Civil War, hemorrhoids were a factor in military controversy. ... its attendant diarrhea often left troops with hemorrhoids, which essentially are swollen veins.... http://www.vawatchdog.org/07/nf07/nfMAR07/nf033007-1.htm
... months ago the headline was 'VA DISABILITY BENEFITS FROM HEMORRHOIDS TO SHAVING BUMPS' Read it here http: ... the Veterans who are filing for such minor maladies as hemorrhoids for all the tremendous backlog and extraordinary expense of ... at DVA today are the fault of the Veteran with hemorrhoids. The presumably non-Veteran reporter who wrote ... metal seats would have a word about whether or not hemorrhoids are a service connected disability. I don' ... of Metamucil to help those rations pass through. Are hemorrhoids often service connected? You bet your sweet. .....they are. Are we filing for those hemorrhoids and erectile dysfunction and hearing loss and frozen feet... http://www.vawatchdog.org/07/nf07/nfDEC07/nf120707-1.htm
... bashing veterans for claiming such "minor" conditions as hemorrhoids. http://www.vawatchdog. ...yourvabenefits.org/sessearch.php?q=hemorrhoids&op=and ) I've addressed ... honorable military service is deserving of compensation. That includes hemorrhoids. Hemorrhoids aren't funny nor are they a minor condition ... blood can surely be physically disabling. I believe that hemorrhoids are often service connected. Anyone who ever sat ...-Rations don't promote good bowel health. Hemorrhoids, along with gunshot wounds and broken bones are... http://www.vawatchdog.org/09/nf09/nfmar09/nf030209-1.htm
5. VA Watchdog dot Org - VA NEWS FLASH - 05-02-2007 #9 -- SOME VETERANS GETTING VA DISABILITY FOR VENEREAL DISEASE -- There likely have been thousands of vets since 1972 who have drawn millions of dollars in payments for conditions they readily acknowledge came from illicit sexual activity.nf050207-9.htm
... Government Accountability Office, which has long been a critic of including such maladies as hemorrhoids under the disability umbrella. "This is something that needs to be looked ... of thousands of records found more than 120,000 veterans are collecting benefits for hemorrhoids - making that painful affliction the 11th most common disability for which U. ... shaving or for scars so small they are hard to see. The cost of hemorrhoids benefits alone could be $14 million a year or more. At the ... Academies of Science's Institute of Medicine is reviewing about 20 conditions, including hemorrhoids, osteoarthritis, arteriosclerotic heart disease, ulcers and scars. No venereal diseases... http://www.vawatchdog.org/07/nf07/nfMAY07/nf050207-9.htm
6. VA Watchdog dot Org - VA NEWS FLASH - 04-03-2007 #10 -- ANOTHER CALL TO REIN IN VA COSTS LOOKS TO VETS' COMMISSION FOR ANSWERS -- Editorial from Alabama's Times Daily.nf040307-10.htm
... found that more than 120,000 veterans from past wars are collecting benefits for hemorrhoids. Hemorrhoid payments are $14 million a year. They are not required to show that the hemorrhoids were caused by their military service. Experts say three in five American adults suffer from hemorrhoids some time in their life, but typically do not receive disability payments unless they ... don't think most citizens envision the term "veterans disability" to encompass hemorrhoids and shaving bumps. Congress needs to rein in this program, the cost... http://www.vawatchdog.org/07/nf07/nfAPR07/nf040307-10.htm
... Whittington declined to be interviewed. At first, Pastor Flippin's implant seemed fine. But 10 months later, he said, he began experiencing bowel pain that worsened with time. Now back in West Virginia, Pastor Flippin sought treatment at a V.A. hospital in Huntington. Doctors there suspected constipation, hemorrhoids or gas. 'They gave me suppositories, they gave me flushings, they gave me a rinse where you sit in and everything else,' Pastor Flippin said. 'I'm saying none of this is working.' Doctors then prescribed narcotics. 'It was just a succession of painkiller after painkiller... http://www.vawatchdog.org/09/nf09/nfjun09/nf062109-1.htm
8. VA Watchdog dot Org - VA NEWS FLASH - 08-08-2007 #2 -- VETERANS' RARE CANCERS RAISE FEARS OF TOXIC BATTLEFIELDS -- Some soldiers are returning to America to find they have debilitating illnesses or cancers that they suspect are related to battlefield conditions.nf080807-2.htm
... eyes, hot, red facial skin, and unrelentingly runny noses were caused by a cesspool of noxious fumes, he said. The soldiers tried complaining, Sergeant Valentin said, "but nobody wanted to hear it we just stayed quiet. They just wanted us to do our job." Sergeant Valentin was diagnosed with hemorrhoids eight times and sent back to work, but when the pain and discomfort did not abate, he instinctively knew something was wrong, he said. Finally, a reservist who was an oncologist diagnosed Sergeant Valentin with colon cancer. The reservist oncologist told him that there were six other soldiers with newly found cancers in... http://www.vawatchdog.org/07/nf07/nfAUG07/nf080807-2.htm
... isn't only the military. You seem an intelligent fellow so you know that often enough our military is no more than a reflection of our society. Turn on your TV set and note that with a simple pill...or a dozen pills...you can have a manly erection, no hemorrhoids, get skinny, stay healthy and younger forever, cure any trace of indigestion, prevent cancer, lower your cholesterol, be smarter and more alert and stop farting in embarrassing places. There's a pill for everything...we don't even want to talk about pain medications or vitamins.... http://www.vawatchdog.org/10/nf10/nfjan10/nf012610-4.htm
... from the VA that veterans loathed. Vets who needed mental and physical health care began to flock to VA and overwhelmed the system. About then we all learned that we could file disability benefits claims on a computer and file claims we did. We joined Internet chat groups to discover that other guys got 30% for hemorrhoids and 60% for diabetes and even 100% if we couldn't keep a job. Web sites like Vawatchdog were providing great information on how to file your own claims and even handle your own appeals. In 2007 lawyers were invited to the party. More about lawyers in a moment. By then the... http://www.vawatchdog.org/08/nf08/nfJUN08/nf060908-4.htm
