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Richard Burr: The VA backlog reduction plan shows that in order to eliminate the backlog by 2015 VA will need to decide 1.2 million…

On the recordApril 14, 2013
The VA backlog reduction plan shows that in order to eliminate the backlog by 2015 VA will need to decide 1.2 million claims this year, 1.6 million claims next year, and 1.9 million claims in 2015.
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Richard Burr
Republican · North Carolina

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Senator Burr discusses the VA's claims processing targets to eliminate the backlog.

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