News From the Cause
Number of VA claims poised to hit 1 million: (ASSOCIATED PRESS)
June 17, 2009
The Veterans Affairs Department appears poised to hit a milestone it would rather avoid: 1 million claims to process. The milestone approaches as the agency scrambles to hire and train new claims processors, which can take two years. VA officials are working with the Pentagon under orders from President Barack Obama to create by 2012 a system that will allow the two agencies to electronically exchange records, a process now done manually on paper. [click here to view] (http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iDTMFc36iJeT3Ld-G20KEuRPLyhwD98SUIHO0)
