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Not Enough Veterans Are Opting Into The VA’s Test Plan To Fix Appeals

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U.S. Air Force/Senior Airman Kasey Zickmund

Last year, President Donald Trump signed the Appeals Modernization Act of 2017 into law — a policy meant to jump-start appeals reform within the Department of Veterans Affairs, with an eye toward ending the backlog of appeals for veterans benefit claims, which is sitting at around 470,000.

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VA Launches New Process To Turn Around Disability Claims In 30 Days Or Less

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U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kasey Zickmund

In an effort to streamline its claims process, the Department of Veteran Affairs announced the official launch of the Decision Ready Claims program for all regional VA offices on Sept. 8, which promises a decision on claims for upgrading disability compensation within 30 days of filing, and could potentially cut out months of waiting.

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This Veteran Has Been Waiting 5 Months For The VA To Get Him His Wheelchair

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More than five months after being measured at the Hampton Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Arthur DeAngelis is still waiting for his wheelchair.

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The VA Has Become A Really Terrible Joke

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CNN recently published a scathing report detailing the behavior of a Veterans Affairs office in Phoenix. The office manufactured their records and submitted false reports to higher headquarters to appear as if they were compliant with standards.

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The VA’s Plan To Beat The Backlog Reportedly Involved Just Destroying Medical Records

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 An Audio recording obtained by the Daily Caller implicate the Department of Veterans Affairs in a plot to destroy thousands of veterans records, rather than actually whittle down the massive backlog of unanswered claims by veterans of the armed forces.

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