what s the v.a. saying about this. in essence that they re chipping away at the backlog. v.a. officials note that all those returning iraq and afghan war vets have contributed to the doubling of the case load for va claims workers. and that those workers none the less have processed more than a million cases a year for the last three years. still, they said senior executives in the veterans benefits administration will not be receiving any performance awards for fiscal year 2012. those instead being invested to accelerator backlog, john jon. jon: the v.a. office longest claims gave bonuses averaging $1,100 each to 40% of its workforce. the feds joined in to save hundreds of dogs across the southeast in one of the largest dogfighting crackdowns this country has ever seen. take a look at just a few of the 367 pit bulls they seized dog fights.