Hamilton County alleges its former Veteran Service Officer's delays in filing claims resulted in veterans losing a “substantial amount of retroactive payments.” KaraKenney6 reports.
Hamilton County filed a complaint against Dennis Wimer, the director of the Indiana Department of Veterans Affairs, alleging Wimer failed to properly train and supervise the former Hamilton County Veteran Service Officer .
The lawsuit alleges employees left files with Epperson that required urgent action, only to discover after Epperson’s termination that Epperson never took any action on many claims. As of September 2019, it reviewed 218 files and of those, 180 claims had either not been filed correctly or not filed at all.
We have been in discussion with the Indiana Department of Veteran Affairs for nearly two years in an attempt to address issues caused by a Hamilton County Veteran Service Officer’s handling of claims. Unfortunately, we have been unable to come to a consensus on how the issue should be resolved. If you're a veteran impacted by this issue, you can contact WRTV Investigates Kara Kenney at [email protected] or 317-432-9704."The Indiana Veteran Service Officers Association is aware of the lawsuit filed by Hamilton County against the Indiana Department of Veterans Affairs. Hamilton County is claiming the Department is responsible for the poor performance of the county Veterans Service Officer from 2014 through 2019 and for resulting loss of benefits to county veterans.
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