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                 COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES          7,r
                         WASHINGTON, D.C. 0548  0 A1


                      RELEASED
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                                       FEB 12 1976

The Honorable Edward Mezvinsky

House of Representatives                        I

Dear Mr. Mezvinsky:                                   LM090421

     Pursuant to your July 18, 1974, request and subsequent
discussions with your office, we examined the basis for the
complaints made oy certain veterans which were conveyed to you
in a letter from the Third District Commander, Disabled American
Veterans (DAV), Iowa.

     To determine the specifics of the complaints and to iden-
tify the complainants, we interviewed the Third District Com-
mander and the Adjutant, Chapter 2, DAV. The Adjutant described
one veteran's hospital experience and gave us the names and ad-
dresses of four veterans and the landlady of a deceased veteran
who had complained about the services provided by the VA hospi-
tal in Iowa City, Iowa. We located and interviewed each com-
plainant.

     We reviewed VA records and discussed the complaints with
officials of the VA hospital and the VA regional office, Des
Moines.

     The results of our review are discussed below.

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

Compensation and pension determinations

     VA administers the veterans' compensation and pension pro-
gram through its regional offices. At the request of a regional
office, VA hospitals examine veterans and report their findings
to the regional office for use in determining or redetermining
a veteran's service- or non-service-connected disability.

     In three cases the complaints were about the equity of
the determinations or redeterminations of service-connected dis-
abilities oy the regional office on the oasis of medical exami-
nations at the Iowa City VA hospital. Our findings concerning
these three cases follow.


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