Results instead of rosy projections are needed to prove that pumping more money into the Department of Veterans Affairs will break the growing backlog of disability claims, Secretary Eric Shinseki was told during a congressional hearing where he pitched his $152.7 billion budget request Thursday.

Despite bipartisan skepticism from members of the House Committee on Veterans affairs, Shinseki stuck to his oft-repeated claim that the agency is on track to ensure all disability claims are processed within 125 days with 98 percent accuracy by 2015.