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VA expedites disability claims for vets at back of the line
Veterans waiting more than a year for a decision on their disability claims are moving to the front of the line, under a new program announced Friday.
Tags: Veterans Affairs , disability claims backlog , veterans , Veterans Benefits Administration
Commissioner Astrue: Social Security back up center ready early
Social Security disability claims are being stymied at the state level, claims the Commissioner
Tags: mngt , Social Security , Michael Astrue ,
Record claims spur demand for automation at VA
The Department of Veterans Affairs, which processed a record one million claims in 2010, is still seeing claims come in faster than it can process them and expects even more new filings in 2011. Despite that, VA hopes to eliminate its backlog of claims by 2015.
Tags: VA , technology , management , Eric Shinseki , Veterans Benefits Administration , American Legion , female veterans , veterans , claims processing , Jared Serbu
VA hopes to jumpstart claims processing
VA officials said they intend eliminate the backlog of disability claims by 2015 by looking to new technology. The agency wants to dramatically expand a pilot program that lets vets submit claims online.
Tags: technology , management , VA , Veterans Benefits Administration , Peter Levin , Michael Walcoff , Fast Track , Jared Serbu
Report evaluates VA, DoD disability claims pilot program
Tags: Dan Bertoni , GAO , VA , DoD , Iraq and Afghanistan , pay and benefits , Dorobek Insider
