Elizabeth Esty: “Congress needs to do better on that issue.”

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

Let me be clear. When the report on military sexual trauma came to my attention in August, I was disappointed and disturbed.

I want to make sure that VA is using RAMP to inform the new system, and not as a means to disguise a true size of the appeals backlog.

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.