Elizabeth Esty: “I look at particularly for VGLI, if you do not enroll promptly, you have to go back through a medical exam.”

I want to thank the under secretary and his team for staying.

If they cannot see--the VSOs who are on the front line are unable to see the legacy claims, then we are not really getting the benefit--the promised benefits of this IT innovation.

We should not expect our veterans to be experts in appeals law, Veterans Affairs regulations. That is not their job. It is our job to take care of them.

I am happy to welcome everyone here today as we enter the home stretch on the implementation of the Appeals Modernization Act.