By Hudson Crozier | Daily Caller
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is making record-breaking progress in processing a backlog of veteran disability claims that mounted under former President Joe Biden, the agency told the Daily Caller News Foundation.
The VA brought unresolved claims down from 264,717 to 198,378 — or by approximately 25% — since President Donald Trump returned to office, the VA told the DCNF. Trump’s VA has also hit the highest daily and monthly processing rates in the agency’s history while reversing a 24% increase in the backlog that occurred under Biden, the VA said in a statement.
“Under President Trump, VA’s claims processing productivity is the highest it has ever been, and we will continue working overtime on behalf of Veterans until the backlog is at record lows,” VA Secretary Doug Collins said. “Veterans and VA beneficiaries deserve timely and accurate claims decisions, and that is exactly what we will deliver.”
The last time the VA’s backlogged claims were under 200,000 was in March 2023, the department told the DCNF. A disability claim must be left unresolved for more than 125 days to be considered backlogged.
The VA set a monthly new record in April by processing 256,178 claims and set a daily record with more than 15,000 on Tuesday, the agency told the DCNF.