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Ohio Senate urges federal action to speed veterans disability claims processing
Summary
The Ohio Senate adopted a resolution calling on the president, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and Congress to reduce processing times for veterans disability benefit claims, citing multi-month averages and a backlog of roughly 202,000 claims; an amendment discouraging mass staff reductions at the VA was proposed and tabled.
The Ohio Senate on May 13 adopted Senate Resolution 22 urging the president, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and Congress to take prompt action to reduce the processing time for veterans disability benefit claims.
The resolution, introduced by Senator Frank Schaffer, noted federal reporting that the average time to complete disability-related claims had been over 139 days in November 2024 and was about 131 days as of April 2025, and said the VA considered claim processing times above 125 days a backlog. Schaffer said, “It’s simply unacceptable to take over…
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