BYĀ Heath Druzin
More than 35,000 combat veterans have had their health care delayed by a Department of Veterans Affairs computer program that automatically put them in limbo ā many for years. Yet the VA says it lacks the authority to override the system.
According to documents leaked to the Huffington Post, the veterans ā most of whom served in Iraq and Afghanistan were erroneously put onto a āpendingā list for failing to fill out a means test. But combat veterans are not required to fill out means tests to receive health care.
About 16,000 of the cases have been pending for more than five years, according to the Huffington Post. Under VA rules, combat veterans are eligible for five years of free health care after discharge, but the period begins the day of discharge.
But VA spokeswoman Walinda West said combat veterans who are granted Veterans Health Administration benefits received them for life.
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