News Oversights, lapses at VA hospital risked veterans’ lives, limit evidence in homicide probe October 15, 2019 Donovan Slack and Dennis Wagner, USA TODAY Comments Off on Oversights, lapses at VA hospital risked veterans’ lives, limit evidence in homicide probe A series of oversights at a VA medical center may have cost veterans’ lives, a USA TODAY investigation found. Now, those missed opportunities limit evidence for a criminal homicide case.