Changes coming to disability claims process
By Rick Maze - Staff writer
Posted : Thursday Oct 2, 2008 7:00:00 EDT
Lawmakers have high expectations that they can reduce the backlog and processing time for veterans’ benefits claims through a combination of new procedures, including two pilot projects.
The Veterans Benefits Improvement Act of 2008, which passed Congress on Saturday and is being prepared for submission to the White House for President Bush’s signature, pushes the Department of Veterans Affairs to use electronic filing and processing of claims to try to improve the speed of claims decisions, reduce the disparity in decisions involving similar issues and cut the number of claims decisions that end up being overturned.
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Changes coming to disability claims process
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308Mike
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Changes coming to disability claims process
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POLITICIANS & DIAPERS NEED TO BE CHANGED OFTEN AND FOR THE SAME REASON
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A person properly schooled in right and wrong is safe with any weapon. A person with no idea of good and evil is unsafe with a knitting needle, or the cap from a ballpoint pen.
I remain pessimistic given the way BATF and the anti gun crowd have become tape worms in the guts of the Republic. - toad
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Re: Changes coming to disability claims process
notice that they finally got veterans stuff done after Obama stopped attending the veteran's affairs committee meetings.
“I no longer need to run as a Presidential Candidate for the Socialist Party. The Democrat Party has adopted our platform.” - Norman Thomas, a six time candidate for president for the Socialist Party, 1944
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mulligan
Re: Changes coming to disability claims process
my veterans disability claim took about 60 days from start to finish
social security disability took over 6 years and they screwed me out of 90% of the $$--
social security disability took over 6 years and they screwed me out of 90% of the $$--