Friday, December 28, 2012

More than 600000 claims have been languishing in the system for longer than ... - Nextgov

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[**More than 600000 claims have been languishing in the system for longer than **...****](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNE7vw5Mh2J5HLVkXXOP0Ntq3V9VgA&url=http://www.nextgov.com/health/2012/12/vas-disability-claims-backlog-tops-900000/60380/?oref%3Dng-HPriver)
**Nextgov**
Claims backlogged more than 125 days increased 7.5 percent or 45,245 since January. In April, representatives of veterans services organizations described the backlog of 897,566 **disability** claims, with more than 65 percent pending for more than 125 **...**
[For Veterans, The Wait For **Disability** Claims Grows Longer](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHBgLDLvmF1xJ7EeUO5CTV3-vnGkA&url=http://www.npr.org/2012/12/27/168069322/for-veterans-the-wait-for-disability-claims-grows-longer)NPR
[Veterans frustrated by VA **disability** claims backlog](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHKqOPKPdNN273sYaSb_TUJOPkklw&url=http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2012/12/27/178439/veterans-frustrated-by-va-disability.html)McClatchy Washington Bureau
[Congress presses VA to fix **disability** claims backlog](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNETsDb4xmjx95rLWGdrM6L_2z29vg&url=http://gimby.org/blogs/gimby-news-focus/20121227/congress-presses-va-fix-disability-claims-backlog)GIMBY (blog)

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