Office of the Inspector General

Veterans Health Administration (VHA) medical facilities in North Carolina and Virginia fail to provide veterans with health care within 30 days of patient requests in more than one-third of all cases, according to an audit conducted by the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) Office of Inspector General (OIG). Staff members create false records to hide the delays, the study reported. VA Secretary David Shulkin disputed the conclusions of the report. Approximately 36 percent of veterans…