“Hundreds of thousands of veterans, some of them trapped indefinitely in a complex system of trying to obtain benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs, will get new options next week promised to deliver decisions in days or months, instead of years.”
“The VA is set to implement a new process Tuesday for veterans to appeal their claims for VA disability compensation – a system devised by the VA, veterans organizations and lawmakers and approved by Congress in 2017. Under the current system, veterans wait three to seven years to reconcile their appeals. The new one could get veterans through the process in as little as 125 days, VA officials vowed…”
“The new system involves multiple avenues for veterans, including an option to appeal their claims with a higher-level adjudicator or directly with the Board of Veterans’ Appeals. Another option is to add information to their claim and appeal it with the same adjudicator who reviewed it…” Read the full article here.
Source: VA preparing to launch major overhaul of claims appeals process – By Nikki Wentling, February 14, 2019. Stars and Stripes.
