World War II vets caught in disability backlog
October 14th, 2009From the Houston Chronicle:
World War II veterans face a special urgency as the nation’s oldest generation of veterans are added to a growing backlog of disability claims at the Department of Veterans Affairs. Even as the numbers of aging veterans dwindle daily, the VA adds their claims to a waiting list that can take months or years to process.
Family members say the problem is particularly vexing because aging veterans are not Internet savvy and can easily be confused by VA’s complex forms.
One 91-year-old man was told by the VA Call Center that his wait on an appeal could last seven months to 30 years.
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