The Department of Veterans Affairs clarified plans for deploying a data tool to assist staff in identifying suspected fraud in claims. The focus of the tool will be on third-party for-profit companies — known as claims sharks — that try to take advantage of veterans and the benefits system, the agency said. (Stars and Stripes)
WASHINGTON — The Department of Veterans Affairs announced Monday that it is dropping plans to scan 1 million old disability benefits questionnaires dating to 2010 to identify possible signs of fraud.
The VA, however, will still deploy a “data collection tool,” which is under development, to look for false or exaggerated medical evidence in newly submitted DBQs that are part of a veteran’s claim for benefits, the agency said.
“This tool is forward-looking only. VA will not use the tool to revisit previously finalized and…
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