disability claims

• New, standardized VA forms aim to speed up disability claims process

  The Department of Veterans Affairs is set to introduce new, standardized disability claims forms to help streamline the claims process. The goal is to make it easier for veterans and their survivors to clearly state their claims and also provide necessary documentation.

  Defense

  September 24, 2014
• Record claims spur demand for automation at VA

  The Department of Veterans Affairs, which processed a record one million claims in 2010, is still seeing claims come in faster than it can process them and expects even more new filings in 2011. Despite that, VA hopes to eliminate its backlog of claims by 2015.

  Budget

  March 23, 2011
• VA hopes to jumpstart claims processing

  VA officials said they intend eliminate the backlog of disability claims by 2015 by looking to new technology. The agency wants to dramatically expand a pilot program that lets vets submit claims online.

  Budget

  December 20, 2010
• Report evaluates VA, DoD disability claims pilot program

  More than 40,000 servicemembers have been wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan. The Department of Veterans Affairs and the Defense Department are facing a backlog in disability claims. Both agencies have been conducting a pilot to…

  Congress

  December 09, 2010