01/15/2014
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"I am not advocating arbitrary deadlines."
"Specifically, what legislative changes are necessary?"
"if a backlog were cleared simply by moving that great mound of work to the appellate process where appeals languish for years and years and years, it would not be regarded as a success story."
"The inventory of appeals at the VA has skyrocketed to 440,000."