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Veterans Face Vast Inequities Over Disability - New York Times - 0 views

  • ease the backlog and address disparities by hiring more claims workers,
    • bartruff
       
      i don't understand what that means?
  • “It makes no sense to wait until the troop is already back home to start preparing for them,” Mr. Sullivan said. “But that’s what the V.A. does.”
    • bartruff
       
      i agree!
  • The influx of veterans from the Iraq war has nearly overwhelmed an agency already struggling to meet the health care, disability payment and pension needs of more than three million veterans.
    • bartruff
       
      should have thought about all this before actually going to war. poor planning
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  • Many new veterans say they are often left waiting for months or years, wondering if they will be taken care of.
    • bartruff
       
      that's horrible
  • The claims from returning war veterans plus those from previous periods increased by 39 percent from 2000 to 2006.
    • bartruff
       
      wow
  • active duty soldiers.
    • bartruff
       
      why do they take such better care of the active duty soldiers?
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