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VA Healthcare - VISN 4 (VISN 4)
Mentioned in a privacy incident report created by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on April 3, 2013. Also cited in 239 other reports.
Report ID: PSETS0000087512, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Reported Entity: VISN 04 Pittsburgh, PA
Issue:
The USPS returned a one page document which they reported to be found loose in the mail or damaged by mechanical processing. The document was one page of a Veteran's medical record. It cannot be verified that this document was sent out by this facility, however the USPS returned it to this VA healthcare facility due to the information at the bottom of the page which references VA Pittsburgh. Update: 04/03/13:USPS found the document and returned it to VA. We cannot determine if VA has any culpability in the loss of the document, however, since the full SSN was exposed, VA will still offer credit protection services.
Outcome:
Record retrieved.