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  • VA secretary talks claims backlog, homelessness, COVID-19 vaccinations during press conference

    VA secretary talks claims backlog, homelessness, COVID-19 vaccinations during press conference

    Veteran disability claims, homelessness and COVID-19 vaccines were topics VA Secretary Denis McDonough spoke about during a press conference Oct. 20 in Washington D.C.

  • More than 2,000 new hires to assist with reducing VA claims backlog

    More than 2,000 new hires to assist with reducing VA claims backlog

    Starting in October, VA will hire and train new staff [...]

  • VA overcomes obstacles to reach millionth-claim milestone

    VA overcomes obstacles to reach millionth-claim milestone

    Despite a global pandemic, VBA has remained resilient in breaking boundaries with the completion of the one millionth claim this week. This is the second fastest rate within a fiscal year of completion in VA history with last year’s date of May 26 being the fastest on record to reach one million claims completed.

  • American Rescue Plan to enable modernization, reduce claims backlog

    American Rescue Plan to enable modernization, reduce claims backlog

    The American Rescue Plan ensures Veterans have continued access to COVID-19 protections, quality healthcare and needed economic relief.

  • VBA improves the Veterans experience: goes electronic on claims, reduces backlog and improves accuracy

    VBA improves the Veterans experience: goes electronic on claims, reduces backlog and improves accuracy

    Over the last four years, Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) employees have worked hard to serve our Veterans, their families and survivors and to move the organization into the digital age.

  • VA’s First Media Roundtable: Breaking the Backlog

    VA’s First Media Roundtable: Breaking the Backlog

    VA's new monthly media roundtable, part of the effort to become more transparent, focuses on the disability claims backlog.

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