News Article Initiative Reduces Disability Claims Processing Time - Department of Defense

[**News Article Initiative Reduces **Disability** Claims Processing Time**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGEyRVBZlDIFZFIDU8JTCKnn6DzUQ&url=http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id%3D119156)
**Department of Defense**
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31, 2013 – The Veterans Affairs Department has launched a new initiative that could eliminate the requirement for an in-person medical examination for some veterans and shorten the time it takes to process **disability** compensation **...**
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[Austin American-Statesman](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNG7U46X30vqN80XyP5v-9v4x3sz0g&url=http://www.statesman.com/news/news/state-regional-govt-politics/state-veterans-claims-team-gets-500000-injection/nWCDk/)
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