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Fort Mill Times – Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell took aim Monday at the Veterans Affairs Department for a massive backlog of disability claims for veterans, calling it a [...]

delawareonline – The number of claims by military veterans waiting for more than 125 days for a disability compensation decision from the beleaguered Department of Veterans Affairs has [...]

San Antonio Express-News – Senior officials from the departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs assured Congress that they are closing in on solutions that will alleviate the backlog of [...]

House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs –  Examples of the department’s lack of accountability are numerous. But almost as plentiful – and even more shameful – are the many instances [...]

ArmyTimes-  A House subcommittee voted to support an independent review of the cause and possible remedy for the veterans’ disability claims backlog. Read More >

The News Tribune – “If I had written a plan that said we’re going to end the backlog in 2025, I wouldn’t have gotten any resources,” Shinseki said in an interview while he visited the VA [...]

The Hill – Everyone in Congress knows by now that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has a massive claims backlog problem that has outraged the American public. But many do not yet [...]

The Tennessean – For many Vietnam veterans in Sumner County, across Tennessee and the nation, the Vietnam conflict still isn’t over as the effects of exposure to Agent Orange takes its toll [...]

ArmyTimes – The Defense and Veterans Affairs departments are failing to provide adequate mental health services to troops and veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder caused by sexual [...]

ArmyTimes – The Veterans Affairs Department has extended the deadline for the public to comment on its planned registry for service members exposed to open-air burn pits through Aug. 20. [...]