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Mazie Hirono: “We were very pleased that Under Secretary Hickey instituted it; really went back and looked and saw that those claims…”

On the recordApril 20, 2015
We were very pleased that Under Secretary Hickey instituted it; really went back and looked and saw that those claims for MST-related conditions were being processed at a lower rate for PTSD.
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Mazie Hirono
Democratic · Hawaii

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Hirono praises the VA's initiative to improve processing of MST claims.

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