A top Department of Veterans Affairs official said today that recent reforms have led to dramatic increases in speed and accuracy in processing disability claims, an assertion that was quickly challenged by skeptical congressional overseers and the agency’s own numbers.
Allison Hickey, VA’s undersecretary for benefits, told the House Committee on Veterans Affairs that the accuracy scores of claims raters has increased four percentage points in the last year.
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