{"id":7570,"date":"2024-03-19T17:30:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-19T17:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itsveterans.com\/?p=7570"},"modified":"2024-03-19T17:30:00","modified_gmt":"2024-03-19T17:30:00","slug":"va-has-processed-more-than-one-million-veteran-benefit-claims-in-fiscal-year-2024-the-fastest-rate-in-va-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itsveterans.com\/?p=7570","title":{"rendered":"VA has processed more than one million Veteran benefit claims in fiscal year 2024, the fastest rate in VA history"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"tni-source-date\"><strong>Originally published:<\/strong> 2024-03-19T17:30:00+00:00. Historical source article: benefits, rules, amounts and deadlines may have changed. Check the official source for current information.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WASHINGTON<\/strong> \u2014 Today, the Department of Veterans Affairs announced that it has processed its one millionth Veteran <a href=\"https:\/\/www.va.gov\/disability\/\" rel=\"noopener\">benefits<\/a> claim in fiscal year 2024. VA reached this milestone March 4 \u2014 the earliest in VA history and nearly six weeks faster than the previous all-time record (from fiscal year 2023). VA has completed almost 35% more claims than at this point last year.<\/p>\n<p>As a part of President Biden\u2019s Unity Agenda for the nation, VA is continuing to deliver more benefits, more quickly, to more Veterans than ever before. Through February of this fiscal year, VA provided $69 billion in earned compensation and pension benefits to 6.5 million Veterans and survivors. This milestone builds on last year\u2019s historic pace, when VA delivered <a href=\"https:\/\/news.va.gov\/press-room\/va-all-time-record-care-benefits-veterans-fy-2023\/https:\/news.va.gov\/press-room\/va-all-time-record-care-benefits-veterans-fy-2023\/\">record amounts<\/a> of earned benefits to Veterans and survivors.<\/p>\n<p>This increase in Veteran benefits is largely due to the PACT Act, which has empowered VA to expand health care and benefits to millions of Veterans who were exposed to toxins and other hazards while serving our country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re proud to be delivering more benefits, more quickly, to more Veterans and survivors than ever before \u2013 but we\u2019re not slowing down,\u201d said <strong>VA Under Secretary for Benefits Josh Jacobs.<\/strong> \u201cWe won\u2019t rest until every Veteran and every survivor to get the VA benefits and care that they\u2019ve earned. So, to any Veteran or survivor out there:\u00a0don\u2019t wait, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.va.gov\/disability\/file-disability-claim-form-21-526ez\/\" rel=\"noopener\">submit your claim today<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Whenever a Veteran files a claim, our goal is to work with them every step of the way to get to \u201cyes.\u201d As a result of this approach, VA has been able to grant benefits for 60.4% of claims filed in 2024 \u2014 including 75.1% of PACT Act claims \u2014 a sharp increase in the grant rate from pre-PACT Act levels.<\/p>\n<p>Veterans also continue to apply for benefits at record rates, with VA receiving 4.5% more claims thus far in fiscal year 2024 than at this point in 2023. Since the PACT Act was signed into law by President Biden, Veterans and their families have filed more than 3.5 million claims.<\/p>\n<p>As a part of reaching one million claims, VA processed 221,592 disability compensation and pension claims during January 2024 alone \u2013 making it VA\u2019s highest single month of claims production ever, surpassing the previous monthly record of 193,411 from May 2023. VA\u2019s top 11 best claims production months in agency history all happened in the last 12 months. Additionally, the organization continues to achieve single day processing milestones \u2013 VA processed between 9,000 and 10,000 Veteran claims 43 times in fiscal year 2024 and more than 10,000 Veteran claims 35 times during the same time period. February 7, 2024 was the best single production day ever in VBA history with 10,997 claims completed. Before fiscal year 2024, VA had only had three 9,000 claim production days in history.<\/p>\n<p>As a result of this record pace, Veteran claims pending over 125 days \u2013 known as the backlog \u2013 has decreased by more than 42,000 claims over the past three months. Due to <a href=\"https:\/\/news.va.gov\/press-room\/va-all-time-record-care-benefits-veterans-fy-2023\/https:\/news.va.gov\/press-room\/va-all-time-record-care-benefits-veterans-fy-2023\/\">record numbers of claims applications<\/a>, the backlog is still <a href=\"https:\/\/news.va.gov\/127378\/2023-end-of-year-veteran-benefits-update\/\">expected to grow in 2024<\/a> before decreasing at the end of this year \u2013 and VA will continue to hire new claims processors, invest in continuous learning for all claims processors, and make technology improvements to ensure that Veterans, family members, caregivers and survivors receive the benefits they\u2019ve earned and deserve as quickly and accurately as possible.<\/p>\n<p>VA remains focused on hiring and training new claims processors and has grown the claims processing workforce more than 50% since fiscal year 2021. This growth, along with new technology to assist those processors, has allowed VA to meet the historic demand for benefits precipitated by the passage of the PACT Act in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about VA disability benefits, visit VA\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.va.gov\/disability\/\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.va.gov\/disability\/file-disability-claim-form-21-526ez\/introduction\" rel=\"noopener\">apply<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p class=\"tni-attribution\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/news.va.gov\/press-room\/va-processed-its-one-millionth-veteran-benefits-claim-fy2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs<\/a>. 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