CNN CNN Newsroom October 9, 2013 14:43:00
Days. a 31.5% increase in about a little over six months. since the shutdown began on 1, october, the backlog has stalled. and in fact, it has increased by about 2,000 claims. vba has already furloughed more than 7,800 of its employees, half of whom are veterans. a shutdown directly threatens their ability to eliminate the backlog. weve lost ground we fought hard to take. roughly 1400 veterans a day are now not receiving decisions on their claims due to the end of overtime. if the shutdown does ...
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