VA Can Reduce Disability Payments by Ensuring That Veterans Receive Scheduled Reexaminations
HRD-84-14
Published: Dec 08, 1983. Publicly Released: Dec 08, 1983.
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Highlights
GAO reviewed Veterans Administration (VA) controls for ensuring that scheduled medical examinations for reevaluating veterans' disabilities are being held.
Recommendations
Recommendations for Executive Action
| Agency Affected | Recommendation | Status |
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| Veterans Administration | The Administrator of Veterans Affairs should direct the Chief Benefits Director to: (1) ensure that the planned review to identify future examination date errors provides for sufficient reporting to enable VA to determine the extent of further case review that might be warranted to identify additional errors occurring on lower rated disability cases or on cases with released-from-active-duty dates before 1972; (2) require that future examination dates for confirmed ratings be entered into the system through video display terminals; and (3) include future examination dates as part of the headquarters and regional office statistical quality control reviews. |
Closed – Implemented
When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
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Health care cost controlHealth care planningMedical examinationsVeterans disability compensationVeteransData errorsVideo display terminalsData entryDisabilitiesCompensation