Texas to create 'strike force team' to reduce VA benefit claims backlog
By Jeremy Schwartz
AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
Thursday, July 19, 2012
Three days after officials detailed massive backlogs of disability claims for Texas veterans, state leaders on Thursday authorized the creation of a special team of counselors to help the Department of Veteran Affairs reduce the number of pending claims.
It wasn't immediately clear how much money officials would put toward the "State Strike Force Team," but a spokeswoman with the Texas Veterans Commission said the team would probably be similar to one created in 2009 that reduced pending claims by about 17,000.
That $400,000 effort utilized about a dozen counselors over several months.
On Monday, veterans commission officials revealed that the number of pending claims in Texas had doubled since 2010 and now sits at 107,279 claims.
More than 75 percent of those claims in Texas have been idling for more than 125 days, a higher rate than the national average of 66 percent.
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