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Starting at eight eastern on cspan. Cspan2, providing live coverage of the u. S. Senate floor proceedings and key Public Policy events. And every weekend, booktv. Now for 15 years the only Television Network devoted to nonfiction books and authors. Cspan2, created by the cable tv industry and brought to you as a Public Service by your local cable or satellite provider. Watch us in hd, like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. Iraq war veteran Travis Fugate says he may have gone p blind because his v. A. Center doctor didnt have the right information. Mr. Fugate says the v. A. s failure to ...

This system . I mean, i see a number of things, obviously Electronic Medical records didnt happen and ill have a follow up question for mr. Mini and other items in that vein. Did the va ever contact you after this or after your testimony and say, hey, this is where we failed . This is the doctor. This is where the system failed for you . No. No one no one ever from that i can recall explained to me where the failure occurred or held themselves accountable or provided an apology. Ive stuck with the va, and ive had great medical care and met and became friends with a lot of medical professionals...

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Most benefit from the program, and says the va welcomes the opportunity to work with this committee to craft appropriate language so those who are not Service Connected can have access to those rehab treatment facilities. One thing ive ran into with several of the members, speaking with them, is the word, the pay for a or the pay go. Well, va travel budget continues to increase every year. And they ask, where are we going to get this 3 million . Well, in 2013, the va collected 2. 931 bill through the medical care collection fund. Theres money they collected. And i sat last night listening to l...

One compared to 20,000. Notably, in an october 2013 briefing, va staff stated that the one entry was just a test case to insure that the transfer of information would work. So, essentially, va had not entered in any veterans information into the registry which precludes va from meaningfully contributing to very purpose the registry was created, quote to collect the diagnosis, surgical intervention, operative procedures and related treatments. And follow up on each significant eye injury incurred by members of the armed forces while serving on active duty. We will hear from a veteran today who ...