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Monthly VA disability claims backlog snapshot — through Feb. 2014


By SB Anderson

Starting today, we are switching to monthly instead of weekly snapshots of veterans disability claims status, based on data from the Veterans Benefits Administration’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 Feb. 613,550 362,028 59.00% 171.4
End Jan. 627,228 379,631 60.50% 174.1
Change -13,678 -17,603 -1.50% -2.7
YTD Change -22,724 -26,150 -2.00% -2.4
Feb. 2013 817,123 583,825 71.40% N/A

 

View earlier progress  summaries.

Weekly VA disability claims backlog snapshot (2/18/2014)


By SB Anderson

Below is our weekly snapshot of veterans disability claims status, based on data from the Veterans Benefits Administration’s weekly “Monday Morning Workload Reports” that track claims processing progress.

 

  CLAIMS PENDING OVER 125 DAYS % OVER 125 DAYS AVG. DAYS PENDING
This week 626,393 378,171 60.40% 173.5
Last week 628,028 380,927 60.70% 173
Change -1,635 -2,756 -0.30% 0.5
YTD Change -9,636 762 1.10% -0.3
Year ago 819,837 585,219 71.40% N/A

 

View earlier weekly summaries.

Weekly VA disability claims backlog snapshot (2/11/2014)


By SB Anderson

Below is our weekly snapshot of veterans disability claims status, based on data from the Veterans Benefits Administration’s weekly “Monday Morning Workload Reports” that track claims processing progress.

  CLAIMS PENDING OVER 125 DAYS % OVER 125 DAYS AVG. DAYS PENDING
This week 628,028 380,927 60.70% 173
Last week 627,228 379,631 60.50% 174.1
Change 800 1,296 0.20% -1.1
YTD Change -8,246 -7,251 -0.30% -2.7
Year ago 821,143 587,351 71.50% N/A

 

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Weekly VA disability claims backlog snapshot (2/4/2014)


By SB Anderson

Below is our weekly snapshot of veterans disability claims status, based on data from the Veterans Benefits Administration’s weekly “Monday Morning Workload Reports” that track claims processing progress.

 

  CLAIMS PENDING OVER 125 DAYS % OVER 125 DAYS AVG. DAYS PENDING
This week 627,228 379,631 60.50% 174.1
Last week 630,909 382,250 60.60% 174.8
Change -3,681 -2,619 -0.10% -0.7
Year ago 816,405 552,487 67.70% N/A

 

View earlier weekly summaries.

Weekly VA disability claims backlog snapshot


By SB Anderson

Below is our weekly snapshot of veterans disability claims status, based on data from the Veterans Benefits Administration’s weekly “Monday Morning Workload Reports” that track claims processing progress.

 

 

  CLAIMS PENDING OVER 125 DAYS % OVER 125 DAYS AVG. DAYS PENDING
This week 630,909 382,250 60.60% 174.8
Last week 633,967 381,894 60.20% 174.5
Change -3,058 356 0.40% 0.3
Year ago 821,966 585,234 71.20% N/A

View earlier weekly summaries.

Weekly VA disability claims snapshot: Streak at two weeks


By SB Anderson

After two weeks of a growing backlog of disability claims older than 125 days, the Veterans Benefits Administration returned to positive territory for the second week in a row last week, chipping away again at clearing its oldest cases.

Just 2,300 of the oldest claims were cleared last week, leaving 382,000 to go and keeping the agency to the backlog level of late October. Two weeks of backsliding happened in late November as well as late December that ended a streak of progress that began in mid-summer 2013. During that streak, about 6,000 of the oldest cases were being cleared in the average week.  Since then, an average of 1,650 a week have been, based on data released in the VBA’s weekly “Monday Morning Work Workload Reports.

Despite recent backsliding, there was overall substantial improvement in the past year, with about 23% fewer claims pending overall and more than a third fewer waiting over 125 days. The percentage taking over 125 days had been cut by 11 percentage points.

Weekly progress since mid-summer

Below is our weekly snapshot of claims status and two graphics from the Veterans Benefits Administration’s weekly “Monday Morning Workload Reports” that track claims processing progress.

 

 

  CLAIMS PENDING OVER 125 DAYS % OVER 125 DAYS AVG. DAYS PENDING
This week 633,967 381,894 60.20% 174.5
Last week 636,371 384,213 60.40% 175.3
Change -2,404 -2,319 -0.20% -0.8
Year ago 823,561 583,739 70.90% N/A

View earlier weekly summaries.

Weekly VA disability claims snapshot: Progress returns


By SB Anderson

After two weeks of a growing backlog of disability claims older than 125 days, the Veterans Benefits Administration returned to positive territory last week, chipping away slightly at clearing its oldest cases.

Just under 4,000 of the oldest claims were cleared last week, leaving 384,000 to go and returning the agency to the backlog level of late October. Two weeks of backsliding happened in late November as well as late December that ended a streak of progress that began in mid-summer 2013. During that streak, about 6,000 of the oldest cases were being cleared in the average week.  Since then, an average of 1,650 a week have been, based on data released in the VBA’s weekly “Monday Morning Work Workload Reports.

Despite recent backsliding, there was overall substantial improvement in the past year, with about 23% fewer claims pending overall and more than a third fewer waiting over 125 days. The percentage taking over 125 days had been cut by 11 percentage points.

Weekly progress since mid-summer

Below is our weekly snapshot of claims status and two graphics from the Veterans Benefits Administration’s weekly “Monday Morning Workload Reports” that track claims processing progress.

 

  CLAIMS PENDING OVER 125 DAYS % OVER 125 DAYS AVG. DAYS PENDING
This week 636,371 384,213 60.40% 175.3
Last week 636,274 388,178 61.00% 175.7
Change 97 -3,965 -0.60% -0.4
Year ago 825,178 584,118 70.80% N/A

View earlier weekly summaries.