White House, Veterans Affairs pledge to fix disability claims process

Excerpt from: Detroit Free Press (click for full article)

 

The White House and the Department of Veterans Affairs say they are pushing hard to speed up the slow and cumbersome disability claims process and that a recent overhaul to the system should start to yield benefits soon.

The fiscal 2014 budget, to be released this week, will support those efforts, with increases to the VA division that processes veterans' claims for disability compensation, as well as a boost in mental health care services.

The administration also wants to make permanent tax credits to employers that hire veterans, the White House said in a briefing last week.