The Department of Veterans Affairs is moving a
step closer to fixing a disability claims system that for years has
taken in more claims than are processed. The department is about to
rollout nationally a new automated Veterans Benefit Management System
to make claims determinations faster and more accurate. In 2009, VA
produced 900,000 claims decisions, but took in 1 million new claims. VA
increased its claims decisions to 1 million in both 2010 and 2011, but
then took in 1.2 million and 1.3 million new claims, respectively. The
new automated system will be launched in 16 of the VA's 56 regional
offices this fall to complement ongoing manual efforts, with the rest
of the ROs brought onboard by 2014. VA's intent is to have no claim
older than 125 days, and for every rating decision to be 98 percent
accurate. Read more at
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=67793.
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