Jim Fausone
\nVeterans Disability Lawyer<\/p>\n
We deal with VA<\/a> every day and are at the outer rings of DOD<\/a>\u2019s activities.\u00a0 Our clients are guys that have been around the block before and know a thing or two about DOD and VA.\u00a0 So I am never too surprised by the stories we are told about delay and incompetency.\u00a0 However, a new report out on DOD tells the story of how DFAS<\/a> simply makes up numbers, plug numbers, to make its books balance in reports to Treasury.\u00a0 DFAS,\u00a0the Defense Finance and Accounting Service, is the Pentagon\u2019s main accounting agency.\u00a0 We all rely on the DFAS numbers like they are gospel.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 VA will stick to a DFAS report of pay or benefits as evidence in VA determinations \u2013 like hazardous duty pay, flight status, etc.\u00a0 As reported \u201cAt the DFAS offices that handle accounting for the Army, Navy, Air Force and other defense agencies, fudging the (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Jim Fausone Veterans Disability Lawyer We deal with VA every day and are at the outer rings of DOD\u2019s activities.\u00a0 Our clients are guys that have been around the block before and know a thing or two about DOD and…<\/span><\/p>\n