Sec. Wilkie just put out a memo that commends VA Benefits for meeting the target of turning out claims decisions in 125 days or less. According to their figures, since Oct.1, 2019 75% of the claims have met that metric. That's terrific; but I think we would like a little more detail. Like what is the percentage of veterans' wins and remands compared to before the target was issued? Higher or lower? If they are churning out more rejects, we get to see that sooner so we can appeal faster? Is that an advantage? Faster is better only if the percentage of accepted claims go up!
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Sec. Wilkie just put out a memo that commends VA Benefits for meeting the target of turning out claims decisions in 125 days or less. According to their figures, since Oct.1, 2019 75% of the claims have met that metric. That's terrific; but I think we would like a little more detail. Like what is the percentage of veterans' wins and remands compared to before the target was issued? Higher or lower? If they are churning out more rejects, we get to see that sooner so we can appeal faster? Is that an advantage? Faster is better only if the percentage of accepted claims go up!
https://www.va.gov/opa/pressrel/pressrelease.cfm?id=5371
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Berta
I just posted this as well Broncovet- They never say how many claims were awarded at the Regional Office level, and Most of those RO decisions were probably denials, thus the backlog continues.Or
vetquest
You brought up one thing that I try to overlook. You mentioned that the VA raters are union. I was out of a job at one time and took a job in a union shop working for the state. My supervisor was i
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Come on, Dustoff. You're just sayin' that 'cause it's true!
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