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Veteran medical requests stalled

 
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | Published: March 18, 2010    Comment on this article Leave a comment

WASHINGTON — The internal watchdog for the Veterans Affairs Department says VA medical centers need to give compensation and pension medical exams to veterans sooner in order to expedite disability claims.

photo - In this April 5, 2007, file photo, Sen. Daniel K. Akaka, D-Hawaii, is seen in his office in Honolulu, Hawaii. (AP Photo/Marco Garcia)
In this April 5, 2007, file photo, Sen. Daniel K. Akaka, D-Hawaii, is seen in his office in Honolulu, Hawaii. (AP Photo/Marco Garcia)

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It says some veterans wait months longer than necessary for disability claims because getting the exams takes so long.

At a facility in Roseburg, Ore., the Office of Inspector General found hundreds of requests for an examination placed in file cabinets so a timeliness quota could be met. And it found claims at an outpatient clinic in Winston-Salem, N.C., were processed out of order to also help with the quota.

The chairman of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee, Daniel Akaka, says the VA needs to devote more resources to fixing the problem. The VA has told the inspector general it will do that.

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