Obama/Reid Shame

From the LVRJ: Vietnam War veteran Dave Freeman led a pack of 40 motorcyclists and a tour bus to the Cashman Center Bikefest on Friday, launching the Concerned Veterans for America cross-country campaign to heighten awareness about a staggering backlog of veterans’ benefits claims....
Last year, the average wait to complete a veteran’s appeal was 903 days. In April, there were nearly 900,000 veterans disability claims pending nationwide. Two-thirds of the backlog, 606,000 claims, was generated by service members returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. Many of the remaining claims are attributed to veterans of previous wars, such as Vietnam, who filed claims for health problems linked to exposure to Agent Orange herbicides.
The VA has been under pressure from Congress and Nevada’s delegation to reduce the backlog, especially at the VA’s Reno regional benefits office. The Reno office, which serves 250,000 Nevada veterans in addition to veterans in some California counties, was fifth worst in the nation earlier this year for processing claims. 
He said the progress that Veterans Affairs has made in reducing the backlog in recent months is because claims processors are issuing denials with little review. That has resulted in a backlog of appeals, Hegseth said Friday.
In June, there were 45,000 appeals waiting to be heard by the Board of Veterans Appeals and that number is expected to swell to 102,000 by 2017, according to Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nev., a member of the House Veterans Affairs Committee.
Darin Selnick, a retired Air Force officer who worked as a special assistant to the secretary of veterans affairs from 2001 to 2009, said he joined the Concerned Veterans for America’s organizing committee to help sign up volunteers.
“Never again” should veterans have to tolerate the VA’s foot-dragging, he said.  http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/government/veterans-claims-backlog-spurs-national-bus-tour
First, kudos to Dina Titus, who I detest because she is a felony thief, but at least she is right in fighting for this issue.
But these problems solely are President Obama's fault and with the help of Senile/Coward/Liar Harry Reid.  Both of these thugs hate veterans and current military service members.