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Social Security Speed-up of Disabled Veterans Claims
The Social Security Administration (SSA) recently announced it will streamline its review of disability claims for veterans, reducing by weeks the process by which it determines benefits. The agency says it will expedite claims for former service members who already have been deemed fully disabled by the Department of Veteran Affairs (VA), eliminating much of the bureaucratic "red tape" requiring veterans to wait to get a decision about their eligibility for benefits, sometimes for years. This change would add disabled veterans to the list of high-priority groups-including service members wounded in combat-that are put at the head of the line for review.

"It's a very good result for veterans who obviously made a tremendous commitment to their country," said Rep. John Sarbanes (Md.) who has pushed for the quicker review. "They're returning from overseas conflicts and they've suffered injuries that make it impossible for them to have gainful employment."

It's not clear exactly how many people would be affected by the policy, but the SSA estimates it could be tens of thousands of veterans over time. Fully disabled veterans accounted for about 10 percent of all veterans who received disability benefits from the VA in 2012, the last year for which data are available.

Under the new policy, applicants who have been deemed 100 percent disabled by the VA are to be put on a "fast track" at virtually every step of the process. The change won't make it any more likely that veterans will receive benefits, officials say just that they'll get a decision more quickly.

For more information on this issue go to: http://www.socialsecurity.gov/pgm/disability-pt.htm.
 
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