We put together a gallery 0f images from a Veterans Benefits Administration inspection of the VA regional office in Winston-Salem, NC that showed so many claims-related folders in storage that it was posing a structural threat to the building. The inspection was in August, 2012 and the report is here (PDF).
The Center for Investigative Reporting this week also continued it dogged investigation of the claims delays. The latest: “Internal VA documents, obtained by the Center for Investigative Reporting and authenticated by the agency, reveal that delays newly returning veterans face before receiving disability compensation and other benefits are far longer than the agency has publicly acknowledged. The documents also offer insight into some of the reasons for those delays.” Full story.
