Two Year Lag Time for Backlog Claims at Dept. of Veterans Administration

U.S. Senator Kay Hagan held a press conference on Tueday to discuss the backlog of disability claims cases at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) regional office in Winston-Salem, which has the second-longest wait times in the southeast. 

Hagan sent a letter to VA Secretary Eric Shinseki last week asking for assistance in clearing the backlog and putting in place a procedure to prevent future delays.  More than 7,000 veterans have been waiting at least a year for a ruling on theirclaims; more than 700 veterans have waited longer than two years.