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Disability claims backlog will disappear in 2015, Shinseki says
The Veterans Affairs Department is still on pace to clear its disability claims backlog by the end of 2015, so long as the agency is given adequate money for information technology programs and claims processors’ overtime pay, VA Secretary Eric Shinseki told a House panel. The backlog – which includes claims pending more than 125 days – currently stands at about 350,000 disability claims, down about 40 percent from the same time last year, Shinseki said at a March 27 House Appropriations military construction, veterans affairs and related agencies subcommittee hearing. Read more…