Amodei took the time to hear from dozens of area veterans and veterans' advocates, who focused primarily on the VA disability claims backlog. Veterans reported that the VA Regional Office in Reno can take up to 300 days to properly process a disability claim for a veteran; more than double the 125-day benchmark VA has set for reasonable claims-processing.
Hernandez said that he believes the VA Regional Office in Salt Lake City faces similar backlog issues, but that Salt Lake City was in the process of converting to a paperless claims system and streamlining their ratings decisions, which could result in better service and shorter wait times for Nevada's disabled veterans.
Amodei later took to the local news to discuss why the veterans' town hall was important to him.
"It seems to me that Congressman Amodei stands ready to help veterans in any way he can," said Hernandez after the event.
To submit your Field Reports for consideration on the VFW’s Capitol Hill blog, simply fill out our online form here, or send photos and stories directly to vfwac@vfw.org. Information for this story was provided by Nevada VFW Legislative Chairman Gil Hernandez.
(Image: Nevada VFW Legislative Chairman Gil Hernandez poses for a photo with Rep. Mark Amodei, R-Nev., and a fellow Nevada veteran during last week's veterans' town hall meeting in Elko. Photo courtesy of Gil Hernandez.)
NEVADA HAS DONE AWAY WITH WRITE-IN BALLOTS WHICH IS JUST A VERSION OF VOTERIGGING. HALF OF OUR STATES HAVE FOLLOWED SUIT. CONTACT YOUR REPS TO RECTIFY THIS SITUATION. THIS IS WHAT I'M TELLING MINE:
ReplyDeleteDear State Senator/State Assemblyperson:
I demand that you pass legislation that allows Nevadans to write in a presidential candidate.
Let's get this voting system changed (back) by November so we can write in Ron Paul's name for President. It's absolutely deplorable that we're forced to vote for CFR Candidate A or CFR Candidate B. This is not democracy. Nor republicanism. Change this system now.
I'll be contacting all my counterparts in other states to make the same change. For years, we could write in the candidate of our choice should his name not appear on the ballot. If it's too inconvenient for the vote counters, that's too bad - freedom isn't free.
I - like all PATRIOTIC AMERICANS - want Nevada's voting system changed so, come next November, I can write in Ron Paul's name for President. I don't want to hear any excuses. The system we have now is just glorified vote rigging. We've had enough junk as "president", we're taking America back.
And we don't want Diebold voting machines. They're owned by the very questionable George Soros who's openly stated the destruction of America will culminate his life's work. Nor do we want - THIS IS A NO-BRAINER! - voting machines MANUFACTURED BY AN ISRAELI DEFENSE COMPANY, ELRON/VOXEO. An Israeli defense company has NO GOOD REASON to be involved in America's elections. Read about it: http://www.gnosticliberationfront.com/israel_controls_iowa_caucus.htm
Ron Paul for President in your dreams - rather NIGHTMARE!
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