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VA updating outreach work in effort to end benefits gap for Black vets
The move comes after data shows lower rates of disability claims approval for some minority groups.
VA staff are completing more claims than ever but still falling behind
A record pace for finishing claims in fiscal 2023 and so far in fiscal 2024 hasn't been enough to slow the department's backlog of cases.
Record workload for VA in 2023 means more hiring in 2024
Department workers set new records in medical appointments, claims processing and veteran outreach in fiscal 2023.
Navy veteran who received pig heart transplant in September dies
Lawrence Faucette, 58, a Navy veteran from Frederick, Maryland, was suffering with fatal heart disease.
By Sarah Sicard