SAN ANTONIO — The United States Department of Veterans Affairs is accidentally marking veterans as deceased when they are still very much alive.
On Tuesday the VA told KENS they have updated the records of more than 820,000 beneficiaries who passed away with an accuracy rate of 99.4 percent from 2021 to 2025. Unfortunately, that means 4,920 veteran records would have been updated incorrectly, with the veteran labeled as deceased, during that time.
The wife of one veteran says it shouldn’t be happening at all…