afge local 520 us house & senate va committees 8-18-13

7/27/2019 AFGE Local 520 US House & Senate VA Committees 8-18-13

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The Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs held a hearing on February24, 2009 to examine the V A Benefits Delivery at Discharge and Quick Start Program. It is timefor another examination of the effectiveness of these programs.Programs that were designed to help with the front end of claims processing now make up theback end . Resourc es are not cu rrently available to process potential Veterans before Veterans.Then, there are the Integrated Discharge Evaluation System (IDES) claims. How many claimsare pending? How many employees are dedicated to this DOD/VA joint effort?"Since 2008, annual average processing times for IDES cases have steadily climbed, while thepercentage of cases meeting established timeliness goals declined. A verage case proc essingtimes reached 394 and 420 days fo r active and reserve com ponent members in fiscal year 2011com pared to goals of 295 and 305 days, respectively, just 19 percent of active duty and 18percent of guard or reserve service mem bers completed the process and received ben efits withinestablished goals." GAO 12-676, A ugust 2012We also previously mentioned the Agent O range Fast Track Claims. The IBM built over 1m illion dollars electronic paperless system that has proven to be ineffective and has beendiscontinued. How may claims are stuck in that system that is not being counted?Nehmer claims have not com pletely gone away. How many have been returned for re-adjudication because of errors and how are they c ounted?Th e HVAC has setup a website regarding the lack of responsiveness by the V A to provide timelyinformation to the Com mittee so that you can perf orm you r Constitutional responsibilities ofoversight.Local 520 will continue to provide you with information so you can investigate and perform yourConstitutional responsibilities of V BA oversight and exercise yo ur Constitutional right ofsubpoena powers f or docum ents and witnesses to ensure that there is a balance of pow er in ourgreat Democ racy.Local 520wants to see the fulfillment of Abraham Lincoln's words - To care for himwhomshall have borne the battle and his widow and orphan and to ensure that employees have theleadership, processes, people systems and work place culture that are conducive to providingaccurate and timely decisions for them.


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Keeping you informed because VA has proven they will not.

President(803) 647-2385 (Ofc)(803) 239-7682 (Cell)rbnsnrnld(g),vahoo.comwww. seniorvsr. comEmployees Putting Veterans 1st"

Enclosure:Weekly Analysis of V BA Progress - MM WRCF:President ObamaVA Secretary ShinsekiPresident AFGEPresident N V A CNY TimesCenter for Investigative ReportingThe Washington ExaminerVA Watchdog


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Weekly Analvsis of VBA Progress - M M W RC&P RATINGBUNDLE (RB) 8/3/2013 8/10/2013 DIFF

010110140020320681405409310120180*190930

60,720199,2558,241453,816

1,9841,519307165

20,99318,61814,408

59,565196,1198,319451,864

2,0671,968244160

21,53418,65014,326

i1

780,026 774,81643,050 41,921823,076 816,737

29,446 29,343

-1,155-3,13678-1,952

83449-63-5

54132

-82-5,210-1,129-6,339

-103* Death Pensionclaims

APPEALSC&PRB>125

010110140020320681405409310120180

TOTRB>125*190

930

8/3/2013 8/10/2013254,076 254,197

8/3/2013 8/10/2013 D|(=F39,240137,526

1,653297,736

829162298134

8,4127,9666,106

38,708133,4181,731

292,194876217236130

8,3557,5875,935

-532-4,108

78-5,542

4755

-62-4

-57-379-171

500,062 489,387 10,67527,299 26,462 -837

527,361 515,849 11,51225,403 25,206 -197

4

121

8/3/201364.6%69.0%20.1%65.6%41 .8%10.7%97.1%81.2%40.1%42.8%42.4%64.1%63.4%

86.3%

8/10/201365.0%68.0%20.8%64.7%42.4%11.0%96.7%81.3%38.8%40.7%41 .4%63.2%63.1%

85.9%

DIFF0.36%

-0.99%0.75%

-0.94%0.60%0.36%

-0.35%0.04%

-1.27%-2.11%-0.95%-0.90%-0.29%

-0.37%


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8/3/2013 8/10/2013 DIFF >125%Appeals 254,076 254,197 121Other Claims

130290600

*400**137**150**297**607**160**165

Totals

203,13987,24551,26641,4728,961

44,11114,25120,06252,63614,574

204,07887,15951,64548,2529,164

43,12013,55620,07053,35314,683

939-86379

6,78020 3

-991-695

8717109

537,717 545,080 7,363791,793 799,277 7,484

72.7%77.7%51 .2%32.3%48.3%68.5%37.0%26.7%

* Some associated with Provisional Ratings**Pension Maintenance Centers (PMC) claims

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