Thursday, November 8, 2012

Accuracy isn't priority as VA battles disability claims backlog - California Watch

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[**Accuracy isn't priority as VA battles **disability** claims backlog**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFMajFXPclcVa13KP8st9VRsk53Ew&url=http://californiawatch.org/health-and-welfare/accuracy-isn-t-priority-va-battles-disability-claims-backlog-18646)
**California Watch**
But when Roundtree's claim for **disability** compensation crossed Jamie Fox's desk at the Department of Veterans Affairs more than two decades later, it was slated for denial on the grounds that he had never seen combat. Fox, herself a Navy veteran, tried **...**
[Video: Errors at the VA](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFFXBbTHUGbKd6Ysy_FQSnz1oT8VQ&url=http://cironline.org/reports/video-errors-va-3982)Center For Investigative Reporting

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