Longer Wait For Disability Benefits In VA Secretary's Home State

Wait For Disability Benefits Longer In VA Secretary's Home State
FILE In this Nov. 10, 2010, file photo Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki applauds the veterans in the audience while speaking at a disabled veterans' memorial dedication ceremony in Washington. Although the number of veterans' disability claims keep soaring, Shinseki said Sunday, March 24, 2013, that he's committed to ending the backlog by 2015 by replacing paper with electronic records. About 600,000 claims, or 70 percent, are considered backlogged, and the number of claims pending for more than 125 days has nearly quadrupled under Shinseki's watch. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
FILE In this Nov. 10, 2010, file photo Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki applauds the veterans in the audience while speaking at a disabled veterans' memorial dedication ceremony in Washington. Although the number of veterans' disability claims keep soaring, Shinseki said Sunday, March 24, 2013, that he's committed to ending the backlog by 2015 by replacing paper with electronic records. About 600,000 claims, or 70 percent, are considered backlogged, and the number of claims pending for more than 125 days has nearly quadrupled under Shinseki's watch. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Although the federal Veterans Administration has been taking heat nationally for a growing backlog and increased times to process disabled veterans benefits, the office in VA Secretary Eric Shinseki’s home state of Hawaii has been doing particularly poorly in processing claims in a timely manner.

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