By Michael Pearson, CNN
updated 12:40 PM EDT, Fri May 30, 2014

Who’s to blame for VA scandal?

(CNN)

Who’s to blame for VA scandal?

(CNN) — Scandal, controversy and veterans care in the United States have gone hand-in-hand for virtually as long as there’s been a republic.

After the Revolutionary War, for instance, payments promised by Congress to disabled veterans were left up to the states, and only a few thousand of those who served ever received anything, according to the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Here’s a time line of the many scandals the department and its predecessors have faced:

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