@Vync I hear your brother. This isn't a place to talk about politics and I am not talking political but as I can recall, Secretary of VA had this great thing called AMA,that was to reduce claims time and help with exhausting the old claims which would save more money. Promised that legacy will be done by 2021. Did that happen, uh no. Covid hit. Now it's blamed on covid, no one can work right? Wrong there is a thing called telework. One monkey shouldn't stop a show. But I bet that they were still getting paid. I know. I was DOD. If they were not getting paid, unemployment could have kicked in.
The new excuse is PACT. The work load had increased. But a promise was made that legacy would be exhausted by 2021. Doesn't make any sense. Legacy is still going on. That should have had priority. Some Vets still on legacy have been there let's say 2015. But let's work on PACT since it will not be a large backpay. That way, vets on legacy will pass by then.
The secretary of VA failed the promise but had a good pitch. Maybe this is why so much delays.
VA says that a supplemental claim should not take no more than 125 days. Sugar Honey Ice Tea, I had a claim put in Nov 2022. Today is May 8, no movement. Called Peggy, same old thing, backlogs.
Who can you trust.