“我们正在让捍卫美国梦的英雄们更容易实现这个梦想，”退伍军人事务部长道格·柯林斯（Doug Collins）表示
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退伍军人事务部宣布，退伍军人伤残赔偿和养老金福利申请的积压数量”持续”低于10万件，这是自2020年以来的首次。
上一次积压数量如此之低是在2020年5月，当时正值唐纳德·特朗普总统第一任期内。
退伍军人事务部长道格·柯林斯在新闻稿中表示：”在特朗普总统领导下，退伍军人事务部正尽可能快速、便捷地为退伍军人、家属、护理人员和幸存者提供他们应得的所有福利。”
根据新闻稿，这一里程碑意义意味着，自特朗普于2025年1月重返白宫以来，该部门已将等待退伍军人福利的积压案件减少了63%。而在拜登政府时期，这一积压数量曾上升了24%。
退伍军人事务部表示，减少申请积压一直是柯林斯的紧迫优先事项。
在拜登政府执政的2021年至2024年间，申请积压数量远高于10万件，2025年1月特朗普重返办公室时达到264,717件。在特朗普第一任期内，该部门于2019年12月21日实现了最低伤残申请积压量，当时为64,783件。
该部门称，只要申请在待处理库存中超过125天，就会被视为积压。
根据该部门的数据，2013年，创纪录的70%的申请超过125天未处理。如今，这一数字已降至仅17%。
柯林斯在新闻稿中表示：”退伍军人事务部的申请处理效率达到历史最高水平，我们期待继续为退伍军人和退伍军人福利受益人提供创纪录的服务水平。”
退伍军人事务部表示，自去年1月特朗普总统重返办公室以来，等待退伍军人福利的积压案件已减少63%。
该部门称，这是特朗普第二任期内全国范围内取得的多项成就之一，其中还包括开设了30多个新的退伍军人医疗设施，扩大了退伍军人获得医疗保健的机会，并在2025财年永久安置了5万多名无家可归的退伍军人——这是七年来的最高数字。
柯林斯在社交平台X上写道：”我们不只是在谈论美国梦；我们正在让捍卫它的英雄们更容易实现这个梦想。”
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Trump admin says VA benefits claims backlog below 100K for first time in 6 years: ‘Record levels of service’
‘We’re making [the American Dream] more accessible for the heroes who defended it,’ Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins said
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Published February 26, 2026 2:16am EST
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The Department of Veterans Affairs announced that the backlog of VA disability compensation and pension benefit claims is “consistently” under 100,000 for the first time since 2020.
The last time the backlog was this low was in May 2020, during President Donald Trump’s first term in the White House.
“Under President Trump, VA is providing Veterans, families, caregivers and survivors all of the benefits they have earned as quickly and conveniently as possible,” Secretary of Veterans Affairs Doug Collins said in a news release.
This milestone means the department has now slashed the backlog of veterans waiting for VA benefits by 63% since Trump returned to office in January 2025 after it rose 24% under the Biden administration, according to the release.
The Department of Veterans Affairs said the backlog of VA claims is “consistently” under 100,000 for the first time since 2020.(Samuel Corum/Getty Images)
The department said that reducing the claims backlog has been an urgent priority for Collins.
The claims backlog was well above 100,000 from 2021 to 2024 during the Biden administration and was at 264,717 when Trump returned to office. During Trump’s first administration, the department reached the lowest disability claims backlog on Dec. 21, 2019, when it was at 64,783 claims.
A VA claim for compensation or pension is considered backlogged once it has been pending in the claims inventory for more than 125 days, the department said.
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Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins said the VA is providing veterans, families, caregivers and survivors “all of the benefits they have earned as quickly and conveniently as possible.”(Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
In 2013, a record-high 70% of claims were more than 125 days old. Today, that figure has dropped to just 17%, according to the department.
“VA’s claims processing productivity is the highest it has ever been, and we look forward to continuing to provide record levels of service to Veterans and VA beneficiaries,” Collins said in the release.
The Department of Veterans Affairs said it has now slashed the backlog of veterans waiting for VA benefits by 63% since President Donald Trump returned to office in January of last year.(ALASTAIR PIKE/AFP via Getty Images)
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The department said this is one of several nationwide achievements during Trump’s second term, which also include opening more than 30 new VA health care facilities, expanding veterans’ access to health care, and permanently housing more than 50,000 homeless veterans in fiscal year 2025 — the highest total in seven years.
“We’re not just talking about the American Dream; we’re making it more accessible for the heroes who defended it,” Collins wrote on X.
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