VA Testimony before the House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs

2008 (110th Congress, Second Session)

• Diana Rubens, Associate Deputy Under Secretary for Field Operatsions Veterans Affairs, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs, to provide information on the Veterans Benefits Administration outreach initiatives designed to address the needs of the brave men and women who are actively serving our country today and those of our distinguished veterans.
  
  

• Bradley Mayes, Director, Compensation and Pension Service, Veterans Benefits Administration, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs, to discuss revising the Department of Veterans Affairs schedule for rating disabilities.
  
  

• Michael Walcoff, Deputy Under Secretary for Benefits, Veterans Benefits Administration, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs, to discuss the Veterans Benefits Administration's (VBA) claims inventory and claims processing system.
  
  

• Kim Graves, Director, Office of Business Process Integration, Veterans Benefits Administration, before a House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs hearing, to dicuss the use of information technology to enhance claims processing within the Veterans Benefits Administration.
  
  
• Stephen Warren, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Information and Technology, before a House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs hearing, to dicuss the use of information technology to enhance claims processing, within the Department of Veterans Affairs , as well as utilizing data from the Veterans Health Information Technology and Architecture (VistA), to assist in the processing of disability claims.
  
  

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2007 (110th Congress, First Session)

• Michael Walcoff, Associate Deputy Under Secretary for Field Operations, Veterans Benefits Administration, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs, to discuss the Veterans Benefits Administration's pending claims inventory and claims backlog.
  
  

• Arnold Russo, Director, Appeals Management Center, Veterans Benefits Administration, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs, to discuss the operations of the Department of Veterans Affairs Appeals Management Center.
  
  

• Betty Brown, Associate Director, Center for Women Veterans, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs, and the Subcommittee on Health, to discuss services for women veterans.
  
  
• Lucretia McClenney, Director, Center for Minority Affairs, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs, and the Subcommittee on Health, to discuss the mission of the Center for Minority Veterans.
  
  

• James Terry, Chairman, Board of Veterans' Appeals, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs, to discuss the challenges facing the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims.
  
  

• Jack McCoy, Associate Deputy Under Secretary for Policy and Program Management, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs, to discuss the important issue of survivors' benefits.
  
  

• Ronald Aument, Deputy Undersecretary for Benefits, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs, to testify on H.R. 67, the "Veterans Outreach Improvement Act of 2007"; H.R. 1435, the "Department of Veterans Affairs Claims Backlog Reduction Act of 2007"; H.R. 1444 a bill which would require the Department of Veterans Affairs to pay an interim benefit in the amount of $500 per month if certain claims for benefits have been remanded by the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims or the Board of Veterans' Appeals; and H.R. 1490, a bill which would establish a presumption of service-connection in certain claims, and for other purposes.
  
  

• Ronald Aument, Deputy Undersecretary for Benefits, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs, to discuss the Disability Compensation Program and our efforts to meet the needs of service members and veterans of Operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom.
  
  

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2006 (109th Congress, Second Session)

• Jack McCoy, Associate Deputy Under Secretary for Policy and Program Management, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs, to discuss the VA Pension Programs.
  
  

• Michael Walcoff, Associate Deputy Under Secretary for Field Operations, Veterans Benefits Administration, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs, to discuss training for Veterans Benefits Administration claims adjudicators.
  
  

• Jack McCoy, Associate Deputy Under Secretary for Policy and Program Management, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs, regarding the role of national, state, and regional or local veterans' service organizations and state and local government veterans agencies in the Department of Veterans Affairs disability claims process.
  
  

• Michael Staley, Assistant Inspector General for Auditing, before a joint meeting of the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs, and the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, concerning the Office of Inspector General's (OIG) reports addressing information security weaknesses in the Department of Veterans Affairs and data security practices and policies in the Veterans Benefits Administration.
  
  

• William Tuerk, Under Secretary for Memorial Affairs, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs, to testify on a number of legislative items of great interest to veterans.
  
  

• Jack McCoy, Associate Deputy Under Secretary for Policy and Program Management, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs, regarding our efforts to reach out to servicemembers, veterans, and their survivors and make them aware of the full range of benefits and services to which they may be entitled.
  
  

• James Terry, Chairman, Board of Veterans' Appeals, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs, regarding the Fiscal Year 2007 budget request for the Board of Veterans' Appeals.
  
  
• Daniel Cooper, Under Secretary for Benefits, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs, to discuss the Department of Veterans Affairs fiscal year 2007 budget request for the compensation and pension programs.
  
  

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2005 (109th Congress, First Session)

• Steven Brown, MD, Director, Compensation and Pension Examination Program, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs, regarding improving compensation and pension (C&P) exam quality.
  
  
• Ronald Aument, Deputy Undersecretary for Benefits, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs, regarding disability compensation claims decisions and recommendations for standardizing the adjudicative process.
  
  

• Michael Walcoff, Associate Deputy Under Secretary for Field Operations, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs, regarding the Department of Veterans Affairs' Appeals Management Center operations.
  
  
• Ron Garvin, Acting Chairman, Board of Veterans' Appeals, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs, regarding the operations of the Board of Veterans' Appeals.
  
  

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