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Weheal Contributor posted an update in the group Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Advocate Network
The much-discussed backlog of disability claims at the VA— about half a million claims have been pending for more than four months— is primarily an administrative and political issue, not a medical one. The problem is one of processing benefits claims, and the resources that we choose to dedicate to processing claims. Doctors and other medical professionals who work for the VA are not the source of this problem. (To be fair, we’ve also heard from people who’ve worked processing VA benefits claims, who allege that vets often try to rip off the government for benefits. Everyone has a point of view.)
