VA Eliminates Bonuses For Benefits Officials

Bob Brewin | Nextgov | April 30, 2013

Senior executives of the Veterans Benefits Administration will not receive 2012 performance bonuses and the funds will be invested to accelerate elimination of the disability claims backlog, according to the Veterans Affairs Department.

“Based on VBA’s organizational performance goals, senior executives will not receive performance awards for fiscal 2012,” VA Press Secretary Josh Taylor said in an email to Nextgov. He added, “We remain confident that VBA senior executives are dedicated to our nation’s veterans, and they will continue to lead our drive toward VA’s goal: eliminating the claims backlog in 2015.”

That backlog stood at 882,023 claims on Monday. Nearly 70 percent of those claims – or 610,150 claims – had been sitting for more than 125 days.