Audit of Veterans Benefits Administration Transition Assistance for Operations Enduring and Iraqi Freedom Service Members and Veterans

Abstract

The Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted an audit to determine if Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) controls over transition assistance ensured (1) prompt processing of seriously disabled veterans? compensation claims from Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom (OEF/OIF) and (2) effective outreach to OEF/OIF service members and veterans. The audit covered VBA transition assistance controls in effect during Fiscal Years (FY) 2006-2008 (through January 2008). The audit included a review of 4,969 compensation claims received at 57 VA Regional Offices (VAROs) from seriously disabled OEF/OIF veterans the Department of Defense (DOD) discharged from military service during FY 2006. The audit also evaluated VBA outreach to service members and veterans during FYs 2006 and 2007. VBA Emphasis on Seriously Disabled OEF/OIF Veterans. In January 2007, VA's Under Secretary for Benefits wrote the following to all VBA employees: There is no higher priority for any VBA employee, whether serving in the field or in headquarters, than ensuring that we are timely meeting the needs of those seriously injured in OEF/OIF. At every level of our organization, we must ensure we have identified and are case-managing all of the seriously injured. We must actively work to stay in touch with them and do all we can to ease their transition. VBA defines seriously disabled veterans as service members who definitely or possibly will be discharged from military service because of an injury or illness and all veterans with DOD classification codes of very seriously injured, seriously injured, or a special category involving an amputation.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 17, 2008
Accession Number
ADA504841

Entities

People

  • Alan Brecese
  • Brent Arronte
  • Charles Chiarenza
  • George Ayetin
  • Robert Campbell

Organizations

  • United States Department of Veterans Affairs

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Active Duty
  • Congress
  • Department Of Defense
  • Department Of Veterans Affairs
  • Governments
  • Health Care
  • Health Services
  • Homeland Security
  • Marine Corps
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military History
  • Military Science
  • National Guard
  • Security
  • Task Forces
  • Therapy
  • Transitions

Readers

  • Defense Financial Management and Audit.
  • Rehabilitation and Prosthetic Care for Military Service Members and Veterans with Limb Loss or Disability.