Columnist Jeremy Wallace wrote a column in the Herald Tribune on Sunday, July 7, 2013 arguing that Rep. Buchanan and Rep. Rooney did not vote against veterans when they voted against an amendment to the VA Budget bill. The amendment would have added more claim processors to work down the backlog of VA disability claims. …
VA disability claims backlogAs a June 13, 2013 Sarasota Herald Tribune editorial states, veterans are left dangling by Congress’ failure to fund the Veterans Administration (VA) to the extent necessary to clear the backlog of disability claims. Rep. Vern Buchanan did vote for the underlying legislation (H.R. 2216) which provides some, but not sufficient funding to clear the …
VA Disability claims, VA disability claims backlog
Despite Secretary Eric Shinseki’s oft-repeated pledge to fix the Department of Veteran Affairs broken disabilities claim system by 2015, the problems have gotten worse, according