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>> if the team approves the use of the drug. it is in its opening stages when it comes to that combination of drugs that the fda has approved for us, to see if we can make a dent in depression. >> sandra: finally, i want to get your thoughts on this. the fraudsters that have been indicted for this one million-dollar scheme scheme that targeted thousands of eric u.s. service members and veterans, what is the va doing to help them out? >> well, it was a department of defense issue that we were made aware of with the department of justice. they got in through the dod systems and not the names of ...

Something, and the red tape, and the constant struggle, and i just applaud -- there's so many great people in the va doing so many great things, but we got to streamline it a little faster and better, continue to focus on promises made to the veterans, given a blank check with everything to include their life for this country. >> very quickly, if you could, we heard a lot of people talking about how brave they would have been had they been outside stoneman douglas high school in parkland, florida. you are somebody who actually has had the misfortune as one of your fellow troops, we'll put it, ...

A certain procedure at a certain facility in virginia. what's being done in light of that. also overall how is the va doing as it tries to recover? >> the va has got a long way to go before they get back to where they need be in servicing our veterans and giving them the benefits they earned. secretary mcdonnell and sloan gibson are working every day and night to make sure that this agency is turned around. what was reported on your network just the other day was a couple of veterans who have been turned down in both lawsuits and disability claims for something that they claim that they got at...

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...

This is a systemic problem and they have been cheating and gaming this for years. >> you say this is a systemic problem. how do you -- i mean, how can you say -- how can you say that for sure? >> well, i guess i can't say that for sure. it's certainly been going on in phoenix for years and talked the people at other vas and told me the same thing. basically when you have a system where if the hospital director turns in good numbers to the vision director, they get ahead. if the vision director turns in good numbers to the va administration, they ahead. if congress comes and asked how's the va ...