July 14, 2014: Kristen Ruell, authorization quality review specialist, Pension Management Center, Veterans Affairs Philadelphia Regional Office, waits at the witness table to testify to the House Committee on Veterans Affairs.AP The Department of Veterans Affairs is making disability payments to thousands of veterans without adequate evidence they deserve the benefits as the agency attempts to cut the huge backlog of claims, a department watchdog said Monday. Without improvements, the VA could make unsupported payments to veterans totaling about $371 million over the next five years for claims of 100 percent disability alone, said Linda Halliday, an assistant inspector general, in prepared testimony at a House Veterans Affairs Committee hearing. VA whistleblowers also revealed widespread problems at VA regional offices at the hearing, saying mail bins of disability claims were ignored or shredded so employees could work faster. foxnews/politics/2014/07/15/va-is-making-disability-payment-errors-in-rush-to-cut-backlog-watchdog-says/
Posted on: Tue, 15 Jul 2014 13:32:05 +0000
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