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Veterans with low disability ratings see higher income than non-disabled peers, but individuals with significant health issues lag far behind.

A lot of new details about issues at these facilities came during visits to regional offices last month. bill? bill: so, peter, what is the va doing now to fix these problems? >> reporter: bill the va wants to be 98% of accurate with all disability ratings claims within 125 days, by next year. they say they're on their way. a spokesman for the va emailed this morning to say, quote, the veterans benefits administration vba made significant progress to transform way it does business to eliminate the backlog of disability claims in 2015. at the same time we certainly have more work to do to achie...

Hearing where you hear quite a bit about this big story tonight. bill: peter doocy live d.c. good morning to you. what else did the inspector general discover in this report? >> reporter: six veterans writing to va asking for help and thousand of their letters sat there. in indianapolis, the inspector general found 3200 unprocessed mail. the delay processing 11 to 146 work days. in philadelphia, staffers were cherry-picking only processing easy claims. they destroyed mail that couldn't be delivered. systemwide, poor follow-up procedures cost the government big bucks. perfect example. 88% of ve...

They didn't give him any as a veteran. they didn't help him. >> reporter: officials at the phoenix va hospital reportedly kept two sets of books so no long wait times were reflected in their records. now calls are growing louder for president obama, who is traveling in asia this weekend, to take action so veterans are better taken care. >> the president indicated that it was completely unacceptable to have this long line of people waiting for their disability ratings, and that by the end of 2015, that would be taken care. certainly we're not going to be satisfied until the last one is done. >>...

Go on food stamps or electronic benefits transfer card. we are has been it poor difficult for the men and women giving last full measure of devotion to give get the benefits and care and disability ratings that they rightfully deserve. we are extending that time line. i don't know why we want to make it more difficult. i will give you another great example what's happening for our veterans also is this week 189 tricare service centers will be closed as of 1 april. administration is saying that is going to allow them to save $50 million a year. you saw $52 million spent by this administration t...