WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, Secretary of Veterans
Affairs Eric K. Shinseki delivered his "State of VA" testimony to Congress.
Here is Secretary Shinseki's written statement.
THE HONORABLE ERIC K. SHINSEKI,
SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
WRITTEN STATEMENT BEFORE
THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS
OCTOBER 14, 2009
Chairman Filner, Ranking Member Buyer, Distinguished Members of the Committee:>>>>The Rest Can Be Found Here
You Can View This Hearing and Statement Here {brings up the House VA Committee's player}
Backlogs continue to frustrate progress at VA
The VA has implemented an electronic records system, but faces a flood of medical claims each month. In July alone, the VA processed 92,000 claims, but another 91,200 came in. The department has 400,000 claims in the works, with more than a quarter of them left unprocessed for more than 125 days.
"Regardless of how we parse the numbers, there is a backlog. It is too big and veterans are waiting too long for decisions," said Eric Shinseki, secretary of veterans affairs, in his opening statement to the House Veterans Affairs Committee hearing Wednesday.
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"What I mean by advocacy is that when Shinseki walks in and says 'I want to put a claim in,' my intent is to put together the very best claim the first time with a very high probability of success," Shinseki responded. "Whatever is there right now is what we are addressing. It is a change in culture. It is a change in attitude."...>>>Rest Here
I would suggest to All Todays Veterans who were or still might be having some problems with the New GI Education Bill Funding, you really might want to watch or listen to the hearing, Shinseki gives a real good explanation as to Why There Were Problems, i.e. they were working with what this country, through their reps, allocated to the VA, over the years and not upgrading as they sent you all to two theaters, to work with, reason the system bogged down!
As well as other points of interest!!
U.S. Census Bureau Facts for Features - Veterans Day 2009: Nov. 11
WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Veterans Day originated as
"Armistice Day" on Nov. 11, 1919, the first anniversary of the end of World
War I. Congress passed a resolution in 1926 for an annual observance, and Nov.
11 became a national holiday beginning in 1938. President Dwight D. Eisenhower
signed legislation in 1954 to change the name to Veterans Day as a way to
honor those who served in all American wars. The day honors living military
veterans with parades and speeches across the nation. A national ceremony
takes place at the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery in
Virginia...>>>Rest Found Here {this was given a 'page not found' on some clicks earlier, if again just copy and paste subject title in search engine and you'll go to the press release, same url.}
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