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VA Sunshine Healthcare Network (VISN 8)
Mentioned in a privacy incident report created by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on April 20, 2012. Also cited in 369 other reports.
Report ID: SPE000000074420, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Reported Entity: VISN 08 West Palm Beach, FL
Issue:
VA Employee/Veteran A has contacted the Privacy Officer (PO) to report that his VBA Comp & Pension documentation was received by Veteran B in error. The documentation contained Veteran A's name, address, full SSN and diagnosis. Update: 04/20/12:Veteran A will receive a letter offering credit protection services.
Outcome:
The Veteran has returned the mailing to the employee, stating that he did not 'look at anything'. Letter offering credit monitoring has been mailed to the Veteran on 4/30/12. Please consider this incident resolved and proceed to close the ticket.