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Lawmakers press Pentagon, VA to cooperate on claims backlog
A bipartisan group of lawmakers pressed the Obama administration Wednesday to reduce the backlog of disability claims at the Department of Veterans Affairs by improving cooperation between the several agencies that have a role in the process. Senators...
Tags: Barbara A. Mikulski, Republican Party, Nancy Pelosi, Justice System, Mark Kirk
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Md.'s House delegation demands fixes at Baltimore VA office from Shinseki
Maryland's U.S. House delegation met Wednesday with Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric K. Shinseki to keep pressure on the agency to fix problems at the troubled Baltimore office and follow up on promises for improvement. Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, a Southern...
Tags: C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Affairs, Baltimore County, U.S. Congress
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VA to immediately evaluate, pay oldest disability claims
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs announced Friday a plan to immediately evaluate and pay the oldest disability claims, a move that advocates expect will bring relief to Maryland servicemen and women who face one of the largest backlogs in the...
Tags: Barbara A. Mikulski, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder , Bethesda (Montgomery, Maryland), U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, John Sarbanes
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Senators call on VA to bring in additional staff
With staff members at the Baltimore office of the Department of Veterans Affairs spending a month in training, Maryland's senators called on VA Secretary Eric K. Shinseki to dispatch more analysts to help work through one of the worst disability claims...
Tags: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Affairs, American Legion
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Mikulski, VA secretary pledge added staff, training in Baltimore
The Baltimore office of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, the nation's worst performer in processing disability claims, will receive more employee training, an influx of senior staff and a new digital processing system ahead of schedule, under a...
Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Veterans Affairs, U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations, Conservation, U.S. Department of Defense
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Good morning, Baltimore: Need to know for Tuesday
The Baltimore SunWEATHER: Light rain possible, highs around 50. TRAFFIC: Check our traffic updates for this morning's issues. TOP NEWS Hopkins doctor found dead amid investigation of claims he secretly taped patients: Police want to identify women seen by a...Tags: University of Maryland Eastern Shore, University of Maryland, College Park, Joe Flacco, Veterans Affairs, National Football League
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VA approves veteran's claim after Baltimore Sun report
For 21/2 years, Iraq combat veteran Robert Fearing battled overwhelming anxiety and paranoia, a remnant of the mortar attacks he endured in the desert, all the while swallowing his frustration at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs for failing to...
Tags: Post-traumatic Stress Disorder , Veterans Affairs, Conservation, Iraq, Paranoia
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Letter from Sens. Mikulski and Cardin to VA secretary
January 28, 2013 The Honorable Eric K. Shinseki Secretary U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs 810 Vermont Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20420-0001 Dear Secretary Shinseki: We are writing to express our continued frustration about the on-going and...Tags: Washington, DC, Veterans Affairs
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Md. congressional leadership demands answers from VA
Calling the failures at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in Baltimore "inexcusable," Maryland's congressional leadership on Monday demanded the beleaguered agency develop an immediate plan to fix the local problems in processing disability claims....
Tags: Barbara A. Mikulski, World War II (1939-1945), C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Benjamin L. Cardin
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