The VA’s Monday Morning Working Report for April 13, 2013 indicates that overall pending claims were slightly down from last week — from 889,981 claims to 887,330 claims. The number pending over 125 days is down 0.3% to 69.4%. One of the interesting tidbits of this report is that the number of pending appeals dropped from 248,241 to 248,204. Congratulations to the 37 people whose appeals are no longer pending!
Take a moment, however, to compare the April 13, 2013 report to the January 5, 2013 report for a slightly better look at the bigger picture. The January 5, 2013 report states that 904,770 claims were pending, with 69.6% pending over 125 days. With 887,330 claims currently pending, there is a slight shift downward in the number of total claims pending. As for pending appeals, in January there were 252,644, compared to 248,204 as of April 13, 2013. That’s 4,440 appeals that were cleared in the first quarter of 2013. At that rate, close to 18,000 pending appeals might be cleared by the end of 2013.
You can find the full VA Monday Morgning Working Report at http://www.vba.va.gov/REPORTS/mmwr/index.asp.
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