VA Los Angeles Regional Office Reports Lower Disability Claims Wait Times as More Veterans Move to California
The average wait time for veterans' disability claims in Los Angeles has declined from 14 months to three months since 2013. Officials at the Department of Veterans Affairs' Los Angeles Regional Benefit Office say that the improvements in wait times have come as the number of veterans seeking benefits in California rose, with benefits paid through the Los Angeles regional office doubling in recent years to $2 billion annually.
- "VA Improving Benefits System Just as Veterans Flood Los Angeles" (Ismay, "KPCC News," KPCC, 8/27).