Limited resources and poor planning is causing the VA to strain under the pressure:
The backlog of disability claims is up to more than 400,000 by the VA’s count and climbing. Wait times to process claims are running nearly seven months, on average — quicker in some places and much longer in others, as Lennon and other veterans have found. In cases where the extent of disability is disputed and an appeal is filed, resolution can take more than two years.The rising number and complex nature of medical needs among Iraq and Afghanistan veterans are severely testing the VA’s sprawling healthcare system.
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It would be nice to once again have a President who says, “The buck stops here,” but those in the White House branch are likely to sit on their hands while heads roll in the VA bureaucracy.
We have this crazy single-minded attack on terrorism, with lots of photo ops with our brave soldiers, but forget about them when they get home so that more tax cuts can be proposed.
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