Disability News Blog » ear’y retirement http://www.disability-links.com/news latest info for Social Security disability claimants Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:09:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 VA Disability Backlogs Also Climbing http://www.disability-links.com/news/2009/05/25/571/ http://www.disability-links.com/news/2009/05/25/571/#comments Tue, 26 May 2009 03:46:48 +0000 Editor http://www.disability-links.com/news/?p=571 While we complain about the delays in Scial Securty disability, Charles Hall in his excellent blog points out that there is a parrallel universe in the world of VA disability:

From VA Watchdog dot Org:

According to the Monday Morning Workload Report (MMWR) of the Veterans’ Benefits Administration dated January 5, 2009, the backlog for veterans’ benefits claims stood at 808,607. Report is here
…http://www.vba.va.gov/REPORTS/mmwr/2009/010509.xls

The same report for May 11, 2009 shows the backlog at 916,456. That report is here … http://www.vba.va.gov/REPORTS/mmwr/2009/051109.xls

This is an increase of nearly 108,000 claims in the backlog in just a bit over four months … an increase of 13.3%. See Mr. Hall’s blog here:

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