How can I verify if someone actually served in the military or if they are practicing stolen valor?

The clowns who like to play dress-up or tell wild stories at the Legion/VFW are easily spotted and recognised as posers. Let it go, unless they are harming someone else or attaining financial/professional gain.

SFC Casey O'Mally - Auto correct only works as well as the programing. Grammer Nazi at its best. Try looking up 'Stolen Valor Act 113-12'

Sorry, but it harms all VETERANS when people claim service they did not have. It is called Honor.

SFC Casey O'Mally - The Honor of Service is harmed.

SFC Barbara Layman - I have been enrolled in the so-called VA health care system for 38 years. I did not start to use the system until about 15 years ago. That started here at the Boise Va. ALL of my so-called Primary Care Phyicians have not shown ANY interest in ALL of my concerns. ALL either ignore them or outright laugh at them. One even gave me the bums rush out of his office. When that happened, I accepted that I would never get any real medical care from the VA. Thou they are good at prescribing pills to cover over the systems. At my last yearly, my so-called provider asked about the swelling and bister on my legs. I told him about 15 years. He said nothing after that, like it was no big deal. When any of those bister's pop they develop into an ulcer that takes weeks to start to heal. I have to drain them daily. The doctor said NOTHING.

Have you made contact with the Patient Advocate at your location? I have seen, not personal experience, that they can be most influential is resolving care issues.

PO2 Lorraine Corso - - Sorry, but they are all qualified to provide you with services. I have never had a "resident", They have been fully certified doctors or a Physician's Assistant of one type or another. You can even get the provider to be your primary care provider instead of having a civilian doctor.

GySgt William Hardy - If you have never been treated by a resident, then I have to assume you don't get care at a VA eye clinic. The VA eye clinics routinely use residents for any routine examination that requires a doctor instead of a nurse or technician. At the end of the exam the resident takes the paperwork to be signed by the 'attending' physician. Then the 'attending' MIGHT come see you for a few seconds or not. On rare occasions the 'attending' may actually repeat part of the examination if they doubt the results that the resident reported. (That used to happen to me regularly due to a tiny speck of metal lodged in one of my eyes, lately they seem better at reading my record that shows the metal has been their since 1969).

Give us the deeets!!!!