Report: 6 in 10 VA claim denials are in error

armytimes.com 13 Dec '12, 5pm

Report: 6 in 10 VA claim denials are in error

http://www.armytimes.com/news/2012/12/military-veterans-disability-claims-121312w/ Report: 6 in 10 VA claim denials are in error By Rick Maze - Staff writer Posted : Thursday Dec 13, 2012 12:05:58 EST A new report on an old problem contains some sad statistics about veterans’ benefits claims: Thirty-one percent of claims filed with the Veterans Affairs Department are likely to be denied — and 60 percent of those denials will be erroneous. Sixty percent of claims will take longer than 125 days to be processed, more than 7 percent of claims will be misplaced, and 4 percent will be completely lost. A veteran calling VA’s benefits hotline has just a 49 percent chance of being connected to someone and receiving a correct answer. The report, “The Veterans Disability System: Problems and Solutions,” was released Dec. 12 by the nonprofit National Center for Policy Analysis. ...

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@markjlucas » 20 Dec '12, 5pm
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Veterans you are notified that the VA claims system is completely broken on its butt. [link]
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National Center for Policy Analysis Report: 6 in 10 VA claim denials are in error and other troubling stats on VBA [link]
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