“The Veterans Affairs Department paid out an extra $4.5 million in duplicate benefits last year because officials were late reading email alerts to update payments, an internal watchdog found.”
“The Veterans Benefits Administration last year simultaneously awarded some 1,300 veterans benefits under two different childhood educational assistance provisions, according to the Veterans Affairs Inspector General. The overpayments, which occurred when veterans’ dependents were double counted, stemmed from the agency’s antiquated system for…” Read the full article here.
Source: VA Overpaid $4.5 Million in Benefits Because It Didn’t Read Emails, Watchdog Says – By Jack Corrigan, December 18, 2018. Nextgov.
