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Thursday, July 12, 2012
45% Of Vets File Disability Claims
The Veterans Affairs Department said it was getting a handle on its mountain of disability claims...thanks to a new hands-on training program. It said employees were completing 150 percent more claims daily and they were improving accuracy too. So far, the department has trained more than 1,300 staff members. A record number of veterans were seeking the government's help for disabilities caused by war injuries. Nearly a 1 million people — or 45 percent of troops serving in Iraq and Afghanistan — have filed claims. Secretary Eric Shinseki pledged to cut their wait time down to four months.
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I always thought that when something was too unlikely to be true, somebody was lying. 45% ??? Who certified that figure? Sounds more like the number who may have filed for educational and employments assistance benefits. Disabilities? I don't believe it...
War screws your head up, especially war in a barren place like Iraq or Afghanistan, where you never know who's going to kill you. PTSD is real, and it's not pretty.
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