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Rocky Mountain Network (VISN 19)
Mentioned in a privacy incident report created by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on January 17, 2012. Also cited in 133 other reports.
Report ID: SPE000000070741, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Reported Entity: VISN 19 Salt Lake City, UT
Issue:
Veteran B's completed 10-10EZ, DD214 and certificate of military service were put in an envelope with Veteran A's blank 10-10EZ. When Veteran A received this information, he immediately notified the VA Health Resource Center of this incident and faxed them a copy of the documents for Veteran B. He informed the employee at HRC that he would return these original documents to HRC. Update: 01/17/12:Veteran B will be sent a letter offering credit protection services due to full name and full SSN being exposed.
Outcome:
1-20-12 - Credit Monitoring letter was sent to Veteran - the Supervisor of the enrollment office notified me that the employee responsible for the mismailing had been issued a written counseling - all staff in this office were reminded to "slow" down and pay attention to what documents they were mailing1/23/12.