Backlog of Veterans' Disability Claims Increases 179% Under Obama......

There is NO excuse for this. If you are going to use government hiring to pad the unemployment numbers...at least do it in a Dept. that really needs the help! A Dept. with people who above all deserve all the help and respect we can give them!

When Obama took office, there were approximately 390,000 outstanding claims, of which only 22 percent had been pending for more than 180 days.

That number had been falling during the second George W. Bush administration, despite the military being heavily engaged in two wars. At the beginning of Bush’s second term, the VA had about 480,000 outstanding claims, with only 21 percent backlogged for more than 180 days.

That number fell by almost 100,000 claims by the time Obama took office