va and longer for newest veterans specifically if you fought in afghanistan and iraq. the more worrying problem about this backlog over the last few years instead of getting better this problem has gotten worst, trending in the wrong direction. the vba. this is a hearing at which the va s backlog is being described. the woman in charge of managing benefits claims at the v.a. is the person who runs the veteran 0 veteran s benefits administration. vba. this week, they were called to testify about the insane backlog. the woman who heads the vba is called alison hickey and said her department has a plan to fix it by transitioning to an all electronic system by processing claims. the veterans manage many system is our processing solution. with the integration and portal improvements we achieved an online file capability and
portline improvements we achieved an online file capability and veterans can file a claim online. this goal is to fix the problem in two years. while others say they are doing the best they can and others are not satisfied. the chairman of the house committee on affairs this week called on alison hickey to resign her job. the largest organization of iraq and afghanistan veterans. iava, they have now publicly announced they want president obama to intervene and personally take charge of this problem, to appoint a presidential commission to figure out how to fix this thing. veterans with iava have spent the week this week as part of a lobbying effort they call storm the hill. their efforts this year are dedicated to one issue, ending the v.a. backlog. while a lot of americans have spent the week this week recognizing it has been 10 years since the start of the war in iraq, the people who fought that war in our name, they have had to spend this week on capitol