Its pretty easy. According to the US Supreme Court, the VA takes a position that is "substantially unjustified" against the Veteran about 70 percent of the time. Further, they say it costs VA about $2000 in EAJA fees by doing so.
The Board has a workload of 125,306 claims. (This does not include DRO, or CAVC), according to the 2014 chairmans report:
Of the 41,910 claims the Board processed in 2013, just 10,143 (24.2%) were denied. This means that 75.8% of the claims had some type of error which required a remand or an outright grant of benefits. Of those denied, a portion of those will be overturned at the CAVC level or Federal Circuit. (This includes about 2% of the claims for "other" reasons, that is, the claim was neither denied, awarded or remanded. One possible reason for the "other" is that the Veteran died.
This means that the VA spends about 250 million per year on EAJA fees, plus another 250 million on thier own attorneys. Remember, VA pays both attorneys with EAJA fees, their attorney plus the Vets attorney when awarded EAJA fees.
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Its pretty easy. According to the US Supreme Court, the VA takes a position that is "substantially unjustified" against the Veteran about 70 percent of the time. Further, they say it costs VA about $2000 in EAJA fees by doing so.
The Board has a workload of 125,306 claims. (This does not include DRO, or CAVC), according to the 2014 chairmans report:
http://www.bva.va.gov/docs/Chairmans_Annual_Rpts/BVA2013AR.pdf
Of the 41,910 claims the Board processed in 2013, just 10,143 (24.2%) were denied. This means that 75.8% of the claims had some type of error which required a remand or an outright grant of benefits. Of those denied, a portion of those will be overturned at the CAVC level or Federal Circuit. (This includes about 2% of the claims for "other" reasons, that is, the claim was neither denied, awarded or remanded. One possible reason for the "other" is that the Veteran died.
This means that the VA spends about 250 million per year on EAJA fees, plus another 250 million on thier own attorneys. Remember, VA pays both attorneys with EAJA fees, their attorney plus the Vets attorney when awarded EAJA fees.
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Its pretty easy. According to the US Supreme Court, the VA takes a position that is "substantially unjustified" against the Veteran about 70 percent of the time. Further, they say it costs VA about
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The VA wants to perpetuate the current system because they want to keep their jobs regardless if it hurts their clients. USA has always treated their vets badly when the war is over. It is a national
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