Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary-nominee Eric Shinseki in a written disclosure obtained by the
Associated Press said he plans to reduce to six months the wait experienced by veterans applying for disability benefits, in part by switching to "an integrated, all-electronic claims processing system."
He said his first goal will be to achieve VA's strategic goal of reducing the average wait to 145 days. He also wrote that he would order an "independent, thorough" review to ensure that VA will not delay outlays of millions of dollars in new benefits in August. At least 520,000 veterans are expected to receive these payments, up from about 250,000 annually.
Category: Veterans' Disability
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