Stop the Bureaucratic Betrayal: Put Veterans First
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is processing disability claims faster than ever, but that doesn’t mean the broken system is fixed.
Veterans are still trapped in a bureaucratic "good old boys" system, one enriching a handful of boutique law firms in Washington, D.C.
This enrichment comes at the expense of those brave men and women facing disabilities, as a result of fighting for our freedoms.
It’s time for this to end. Now.
The Preserving Lawful Utilization of Services for Veterans Act of 2025 is a necessary step to allow veterans to work with professional VA disability claims consultants while breaking the bureaucratic chokehold keeping veterans from receiving the benefits they’ve rightfully earned.
For too long, the VA has operated with the efficiency of a DMV (Department of Motor Vehicles) on steroids.
The VA denied, delayed, even drowned veterans in paperwork.
Concurrently, veterans were forced to jump through hoops for access to help, or even declaring the professional consultants whose pay is directly tied to a positive outcome for the veteran, illegal.
Right now, veterans seeking benefits are left at the mercy of an outdated, bloated system, one often leaving them to fight alone.
Meanwhile, activist lawyers and nonprofit groups swoop in to manipulate the system, taking advantage of veterans who should have competent and straightforward options at their disposal.
The Preserving Lawful Utilization of Services for Veterans Act of 2025 changes that.
It allows veterans to work with consultants on the front end of their claims — giving them a fighting chance against an unaccountable government machine routinely denying their benefits due to sometimes things as little as omitting a specific term in their paperwork.
For decades, the VA has operated as if it's doing veterans a favor rather than fulfilling a duty. That ends now.
Some special interest groups will claim that allowing professional consultants into the process at the beginning leads to "predatory practices" or "excessive fees."
The reality?
It’s about protecting their bureaucratic fiefdom.
They would rather veterans be forced into a broken system that requires them to beg for scraps than empower them with experts with the knowledge necessary to help them win their claim the first time instead of being forced into the appeals process where veterans have to wait an average of 36 months for an answer, leaving them without the benefits they need for three years.
Veterans have spent their lives serving this country.
They’ve faced combat, endured grueling conditions, and sacrificed everything for the freedoms that so many in Washington take for granted.
But when they come home and need help, the very government they fought for tells them to wait in line, take a number, and hope for the best. This isn’t just incompetence — it’s betrayal.
The PLUS for Veterans Act ensures that veterans get the support they deserve, cutting through the bureaucracy and allowing them to secure the benefits they were promised.
It establishes clear guidelines for representation, putting an end to a VA that has spent years obstructing those who should have been on veterans' side from the start.
It’s quite simple.
If a veteran wants to work with an expert consultant, they should be able to.
No government agency should have the power to block them from seeking fair representation. The fight for our veterans is a fight for the soul of our nation.
If we can’t take care of the men and women who fought for us, then what kind of nation have we become?
Congress must pass this bill immediately.
The American people are watching, and we will not forget who stands with our veterans — and who stands with the bureaucrats trying to rob them of what they’ve earned.
Mitchell Brown is an Army veteran with extensive experience as a linguist, intelligence collector, and reconnaissance asset. Mitchell eventually took a legislative role in the U.S. House of Representatives, where he began his work on policy for the chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security. Mitchell was subsequently appointed to serve as deputy White House Liaison for the Department of Labor for the Trump administration. Mitchell was tasked with leading in lowering the unemployment rate during the COVID-19 pandemic. Read Mitch Brown's Reports — More Here.
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