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Addressing the Backlog: Can the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Manage One Million Claims?

Thursday, June 18, 2009 | 2:00 PM Room 334 Cannon House Office Building

Opening Statement


Panel: 1

Ian de Planque, American Legion, Assistant Director, Veterans Affairs and Rehabilitation Commission
David Bohan, Gladstone, OR (Gulf War Veteran)
Robert Jackson, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, Assistant Director, National Legislative Service
Rachel Natelson, Esq., Service Women's Action Network, Legal Advisor
Kerry Baker, Disabled American Veterans, Assistant National Legislative Director

Panel: 2

Lieutenant General James Terry Scott, USA (Ret.), U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Chairman, Advisory Committee on Disability Compensation
Michael Ratajczak, Veterans Benefits Administration, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Decision Review Officer, Veterans Affairs Cleveland Regional Office, on behalf of the American Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO

Panel: 3

Michael Walcoff, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Deputy Under Secretary for Benefits, Veterans Benefits Administration
Accompanied By:
Scott Cragg, Office of Policy and Planning, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Executive Director and Program Manager, Virtual Lifetime Electronic Record Program
Paul Tibbits, M.D., Office of Information and Technology, Deputy Chief Information Officer, Office of Enterprise Development, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
And
Bradley Mayes, Veterans Benefits Administration, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Director, Compensation and Pension Service
And
Rear Admiral Gregory Timberlake, SHCE, USN, U.S. Department of Defense/U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Interagency Program Office, Acting Director


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Addressing the Backlog: Can the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Manage One Million Claims?.

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