Internal audit highlights shortfalls in mental healthcare access at Phoenix VA Seven years after the infamous wait time scandal shook the Department of Veterans Affairs and the veteran community to its core, an internal audit is highlighting major problems inside a VA hospital that officials believed led to the death of a veteran suffering from mental illness. and last updated 2021-05-07 01:53:19-04 PHOENIX â Seven years after the infamous wait time scandal shook the Department of Veterans Affairs and the veteran community to its core, an internal audit is highlighting major problems inside a VA hospital that officials believed led to the death of a veteran suffering from mental illness.