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Veterans Nationwide 2020-Present - VA FOIA & Disruptive Behavior

I just published a new article asking a question that deserves a documented answer: ๐‘พ๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’‰๐’‚๐’‘๐’‘๐’†๐’๐’” ๐’˜๐’‰๐’†๐’ ๐’‚ ๐’—๐’†๐’•๐’†๐’“๐’‚๐’ ๐’†๐’™๐’†๐’“๐’„๐’Š๐’”๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐‘ญ๐‘ถ๐‘ฐ๐‘จ ๐’๐’“ ๐‘ท๐’“๐’Š๐’—๐’‚๐’„๐’š ๐‘จ๐’„๐’• ๐’“๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’‰๐’•๐’” ๐’ƒ๐’†๐’„๐’๐’Ž๐’†๐’” ๐’†๐’๐’•๐’‚๐’๐’ˆ๐’๐’†๐’… ๐’˜๐’Š๐’•๐’‰ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐‘ฝ๐‘จโ€™๐’” ๐‘ซ๐’Š๐’”๐’“๐’–๐’‘๐’•๐’Š๐’—๐’† ๐‘ฉ๐’†๐’‰๐’‚๐’—๐’Š๐’๐’“ ๐‘ท๐’“๐’๐’ˆ๐’“๐’‚๐’Ž? I am looking for veterans nationwide who, ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ 2020 ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ญ, had a FOIA request, Privacy Act request, records-amendment effort, or records-access dispute intersect with a ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฌ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐๐ž๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ซ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ž, ๐ƒ๐๐‘๐’ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ, ๐๐ž๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐‘๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐…๐ฅ๐š๐ , ๐Ž๐ซ๐๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐ž๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ž-๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐ง๐ž๐ฅ. This is not speculation. I have already identified six veterans across three VISNs whose records-access matters intersected with the disruptive-behavior system. Four of those matters involved the same FOIA/Privacy official over a period of years. The article explains why that pattern matters. VA has provided a national-office declaration describing aspects of how DBRS has functioned from 2024 forward. But that leaves an important 2020โ€“2024 gap in which the process has not been comparably certified. I want to determine what actually happened during that periodโ€”and whether veterans subjected to disruptive-behavior monitoring were also routed through a specialized or coordinated process when they attempted to access or correct the records being maintained about them. The goal is evidence, not accusation. If the pattern has an ordinary administrative explanation, the records should show that. If it reflects a national practice affecting veteransโ€™ Privacy Act rights, the records should show that too. Either way, veterans should be able to find out what information the government keeps about them, who can retrieve it, how it is used, and how an inaccurate record can be challenged. Please read and share the article. If your own VA records-access experience from 2020 to the present involved DBRS, a DBC, a behavioral flag, or VA workplace-violence personnel, I would especially like to hear from you. Do not place private medical information or identifying documents in the public comments. #Veterans #PrivacyAct #FOIA #VeteransAffairs #DBRS #VAAccountability #PatientRights #GovernmentTransparency #CivilLiberties
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