Audit: Too many veterans face lengthy waits on disability claims
September 25th, 2009From the AP/San Francisco Examiner:
An audit by the Veterans Affairs Department’s inspector general has concluded that too many veterans are waiting more than a year to get their disability claims processed.
The audit found that 11,000 veterans had been waiting more than a year as of one year ago, and that about $14 million of $43 million in retroactive payments had been unnecessarily delayed because of inadequate claims processing.
The report said the VA has hired more claims processors, but delays still create significant burdens for veterans.

