Atlanta Ro Grinding To A Halt?

[JHawks]

I was looking at the Monday Morning Work Load and decided to crunch some numbers about ATLANT RO. It makes me wonder if they are ALL on vacation or they just shut the whole thing down. Look at these numbers:

Week ..........................................% of Claims OVER 125 Days ........................................# of claims OVER 125 Days

12/6/2010 .....................................................45.9%......................................................................12,338

12/13/2010....................................................46.8%......................................................................12,714

12/20/2010....................................................47.9%......................................................................13,166

12/27/2010....................................................49.5%......................................................................13,784

01/03/2011....................................................51.3%......................................................................14,306

01/10/2011....................................................53.1%......................................................................14,906

This is just in 6 short weeks. It JUMPED from 45.9% of the claims over 125 days (12,339 claims) to 53.1% (14,906 claims) over 125 days. WOW WHAT A JUMP...7.2% JUMP in 6 WEEKS.

I thought the goal of the VA was to REDUCE the number of claims over 125 days old. Obviously Atlanta RO didn't get the message. With the % climbing so rapidly I suspect Atlanta will grind to a complete stop in the near future.

[JHawks]

http://www.vba.va.gov/REPORTS/mmwr/index.asp

there ya go

[COOL BREEZE]

http://www.vba.va.go.../mmwr/index.asp

there ya go

I still get this message-even using a new computer-any ideas?

The requested URL was rejected.

Please contact the VA Network and Security Operations Center at 1-800-877-4328 or email VANSOC@va.gov, if you feel this is in error.

Your support ID is: 10680484016108838835

Appliance name: gwnrpx1

[COOL BREEZE]

I still get this message-even using a new computer-any ideas?

The requested URL was rejected.

Please contact the VA Network and Security Operations Center at 1-800-877-4328 or email VANSOC@va.gov, if you feel this is in error.

Your support ID is: 10680484016108838835

Appliance name: gwnrpx1

Wow, its working finally-VA site was down for a while-its hard to put in proper program-over 20.400 claims pending in Az 7500 over 125 days-37% over 125 days

Edited January 14, 2011 by COOL BREEZE

[Pete53]

Many VA offices and for that matter most work offices slow down in December for the Holidays and also when Senior People elect to schedule their vacations.

My impression of the VA is that they have been doing a better job and I really do not see an advantage to knit picking them now.

I cannot recall so many claims being finalized in Fall as this year. If I am wrong please let me know.

[JHawks]

I was looking at the Monday Morning Work Load and decided to crunch some numbers about ATLANT RO. It makes me wonder if they are ALL on vacation or they just shut the whole thing down. Look at these numbers:

Week ..........................................% of Claims OVER 125 Days ........................................# of claims OVER 125 Days

12/6/2010 .....................................................45.9%......................................................................12,338

12/13/2010....................................................46.8%......................................................................12,714

12/20/2010....................................................47.9%......................................................................13,166

12/27/2010....................................................49.5%......................................................................13,784

01/03/2011....................................................51.3%......................................................................14,306

01/10/2011....................................................53.1%......................................................................14,906

This is just in 6 short weeks. It JUMPED from 45.9% of the claims over 125 days (12,339 claims) to 53.1% (14,906 claims) over 125 days. WOW WHAT A JUMP...7.2% JUMP in 6 WEEKS.

I thought the goal of the VA was to REDUCE the number of claims over 125 days old. Obviously Atlanta RO didn't get the message. With the % climbing so rapidly I suspect Atlanta will grind to a complete stop in the near future.

Well, Atlanta continues to fall further and further behind. The 1/15/11 Monday Morning Report shows they now are at 54.4% of the claims over 125 days with 15,343 total claims now over 125 days.

At what point does the VA bobble heads take notice of Atlanta's RO's current trend and make changes?

[justrluk]

Good morning -

After looking at the post, I took a look at the yearly trends (I'm serviced by the Atlanta VARO). Some interesting results:

The number of Entitlements - Claims Pending have increased by 53.7% since Jan 2010, and those over 125 days have increased by 97.5%. Conversely, Award Adjustments Pending have decreased by 12.5% over the same period and those over 125 days have decreased by 32.6%. As I look at projecting for the next quarter (based on the limits of the data available), the increase in Entitlements should level off to 64% from the present 54.4%, with those over 125 days taking a slight dip to 46.9% from the current 54.4%. In short, those with new claims at the Atlanta VARO should expect no less than 3 months (no data available on the number of days a claim COULD reach), while those seeking adjustments can expect (for the most part) a result within that timeframe.

I'll keep an eye on their data, and see if the projections hold.