Work shift delays Minnesota veterans benefits claims

By Washington Examiner
Published December 10, 2013 5:00am ET
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Work shift delays Minnesota veterans benefits claims
Documents show six top administrators of the Veterans Health Administration received performance bonuses in excess of $16,000 last year. (Examiner File)

ST. CLOUD, Minn. (AP) — An effort to clear a national backlog of veterans benefits claims is making things worse in Minnesota.

County veterans services directors say it now takes as long as nine months to process claims that previously took about 90 days, the St. Cloud Times reported.

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