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Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Veteran Disability Claims
Veterans Affairs officials go to Capitol Hill today to defend the agency's progress on tackling the backlog of veterans' disability claims. About two-thirds of veterans who apply for disability have to wait more than four months for a response. Undersecretary Allison Hickey said VA was moving faster to process applications, but she didn't expect the backlog this year to shrink to the size it was a year ago. She said many of those veterans with pending claims already received some disability benefits. A House panel called the hearing. Lawmakers were frustrated that VA still processed claims on paper despite plans to move to an electronic system.
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I've been waiting since june 2010.
They are the slowest , I've had to contact Andy Harris to see if he can help.
All they ever tell me , "It is still in progress", I think they are waiting for me to die.
Over two years , good ole government workers.
They are hoping the Soldiers will give up. The beuorocrats job is to stall payments.The curent pig running the V.A. dont give a s##t.
My husband put in a claim from the vietnam war some 35 years later. It took 5 years for the paperwork to be processed. We would get a letter every now ans again stating his claim was still being processed. Some of these veterans just dont file a claim. Not worth the heart ache and remembering all the details.
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