VETS BEING ASKED TO SHARE DISABILTY CHECKS
REPS DEMAND GUNS AND OTHER BELONGINGS TO PAY FOR CLAIMS SOMETIMES NEVER FILED
By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER
We have reports and signed statements reporting VSO’s (Veterans Service Officers) here in Toledo, Ohio, demanding a share of veterans benefit checks. The national organization is named and we have the name of the accused service officer but he is currently unavailable, though listed on the roster as our regional manager for a major veterans group.
Reportedly, shakedowns and demands for payment have gone on, in some cases, for years. Even worse than this, veterans learn that their cases are never filed.
This group, not only runs a service organization but also sells "veterans claims management software" at the same time. Think of the irony there.
Statements, some from recently returned veterans of the war in Iraq, state that they were asked for money and anything of value they still owned, promised 100% disability for PTSD, not just promised but guaranteed.
Contacts made with other service organizations to assist in looking into this, made through our local Congressional office, have been resisted thus far.
Considering the number of claims handling scandals during recent years, it would be good to see every reputable organization doing everything possible to make certain they work to weed out disreputable or fraudlent groups.
We have been told that this has become a national problem.
From a management standpoint, many veterans services through, not only the Federal government but State and County governments along with a myriad of clubs, organizations and informal groups has created what is both a wide network of support and an opportunity for both scamsters and incompetents to discredit the reputable groups.
Gordon Duff is a Marine combat veteran and regular contributor on political and social issues.
Gordon Duff posted articles on VT from 2008 to 2022. He is a Marine combat veteran of the Vietnam War. A disabled veteran, he worked on veterans and POW issues for decades.
Gordon is an accredited diplomat and is generally accepted as one of the top global intelligence specialists. He manages the world’s largest private intelligence organization and regularly consults with governments challenged by security issues.
Duff has traveled extensively, is published around the world, and is a regular guest on TV and radio in more than “several” countries. He is also a trained chef, wine enthusiast, avid motorcyclist, and gunsmith specializing in historical weapons and restoration. Business experience and interests are in energy and defense technology.
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