Disability-compensation claims for veterans lag as 'VA backlog' worsens - NBCNews.com (blog)

[****Disability**-compensation claims for veterans lag as 'VA backlog' worsens**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEPFHD1M8sYFMe3QR_VDlMCZhfPYQ&url=http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/12/04/15652938-disability-compensation-claims-for-veterans-lag-as-va-backlog-worsens)
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The average wait time for wounded veterans to see their **disability**-compensation claims completed by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has now grown to 262 days — or nearly nine months — according to a federal website and three watchdog groups.

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