Hearing on Operations Within the Compensation and Pension Service Using GPRA Principles, on the Processing of Persian Gulf War Claims, and VA's Proposed Legislation to Limit the Liability for Smoking-related Illnesses: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Benefits of the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fifth Congress, First Session, May 14, 1997 |
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... individuals ever responsible for anything it seems in dealing with these issues . Let me just tell you some of the things - I'm new in this area . And let me tell you the things that I have heard or know about . And it just doesn't seem ...
... individuals ever responsible for anything it seems in dealing with these issues . Let me just tell you some of the things - I'm new in this area . And let me tell you the things that I have heard or know about . And it just doesn't seem ...
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... individual decision makers . That is not in place now . But we do recognize that does need to be in place for an effective implementation of GPRA . Mr. REYES . Okay . Thank you , Mr. Chairman . Mr. QUINN . Mr. Evans . Thank you , Mr ...
... individual decision makers . That is not in place now . But we do recognize that does need to be in place for an effective implementation of GPRA . Mr. REYES . Okay . Thank you , Mr. Chairman . Mr. QUINN . Mr. Evans . Thank you , Mr ...
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... individual cases . Lastly , we think that moving these cases back into regional of- fices will improve the processing of Persian Gulf claims for one im- portant reason . The veterans ' service organizations and their rep- resentatives ...
... individual cases . Lastly , we think that moving these cases back into regional of- fices will improve the processing of Persian Gulf claims for one im- portant reason . The veterans ' service organizations and their rep- resentatives ...
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... individual claims by looking through the claims folder , by talk- ing to the actual VA adjudicator who's going to decide the claim , they can bring mistakes to the attention of the VA staff on a day to day basis . And that system of ...
... individual claims by looking through the claims folder , by talk- ing to the actual VA adjudicator who's going to decide the claim , they can bring mistakes to the attention of the VA staff on a day to day basis . And that system of ...
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... form of account- ability . When you identify an individual or regional office where there's a high error rate , you know , that needs to be looked at closely . And one of the things we don't have is accountability 36.
... form of account- ability . When you identify an individual or regional office where there's a high error rate , you know , that needs to be looked at closely . And one of the things we don't have is accountability 36.
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