US Department of Veterans Affairs
Under Secretary for Benefits at the US Department of Veterans Affairs; former Air Force Brigadier General
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Allison Hickey
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FROM Allison Hickey
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Veterans and the VA: Worst Backlog in Washington Here's the kind of decision required of the Veterans Administration: is that traumatic brain injury from high school football or a roadside bomb in Iraq? Questions like that are just one reason the VA is so far behind in processing claims.
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The Worst Backlog in Washington Despite all the issues that keep them apart, President Obama, Mitt Romney and every other American politician agree that American veterans should get the lifetime benefits they deserve. But the Veterans Administration has been infamous for its "backlog" in processing claims, going back to before September 11.
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