"Maybe a simple survey after people complete TAP to really see how much they picked up."
"the timely and accurate adjudication of the myriad of benefits that VA provides to veterans and their dependents is critical to their economic success."
"I hope so too, obviously. And I just hope it is not based on little interest by our veterans or an access issue."
"I would suggest that hopefully this was a one-time anomaly, because much of the claims backlog is down, and so I don't anticipate this happening again."
"If you ever feel that you need our backing to suggest a study, and I don't mean on a punitive way towards anything you are doing, but in a positive way to make sure we are protecting our veterans, I w..."
"I think it is clear that we need to assure that the IT systems need to have the attention from VA senior leaders and that they need to be a priority for the department in general."
"I do appreciate the valuable discussion from all of our witnesses here today on how to improve these systems to help our veterans reach maximum economic success, and I look forward to working together..."
"Well, that there are a lot of the visits to the sites being done by automation rather than actual individuals checking into the site."
"I remain concerned that improving and finishing the LTS is still not a priority for the department and its senior leaders."
"this committee has moved my legislation that would provide an additional $30 million to finish the LTS once and for all."
"VR&E counselors are still experiencing high caseloads, yet more counselors aren't being requested by this administration to alleviate these weighing numbers."