Status through July of the backlog in Veterans Benefits Administration disability application processing.
Compared to rapid progress for much of the past year, progress seems to have stalled a bit this summer.
Chart and table below detail changes month-to-month, week-to-week and year-over-year.
Data is taken from the VBA’s weekly “Monday Morning Workload Reports” that track claims processing progress. We think monthly tracking is a better barometer of actual progress because it flattens out some of the temporary ups and downs the weekly reports reflect.
| CLAIMS PENDING | OVER 125 DAYS | % OVER 125 DAYS | AVG. DAYS PENDING | |
| End June | 528,790 | 261,907 | 49.50% | 158.9 |
| End July | 524,225 | 261,116 | 49.80% | 160.4 |
| Change | 4,565 | 791 | 0.30 | 1.50 |
| YTD Change | -112,049 | -127,062 | -11.20 | -13.4 |
| End July 2013 | 733,171 | 485,600 | 66.20% | 235.5 |