Article Title: Guard, Reserve Members Up to 20% Less Likely to Get VA Disability Applications Approved, Watchdog Finds
Article Excerpt: "...By analyzing data provided by the VA and interviewing researchers, veterans service representatives and organizations, GAO auditors found that the department approved lower percentages of initial disability and pension claims from 2012 to 2021 for reserve members compared with active-duty troops, even as some had "similarly severe service-connected disabilities," albeit at lower numbers.
"Differences in approval rates for disability compensation appeared each year and persisted across service members' military service factors such as service branch and rank, as well as demographic factors such as race and ethnicity and sex," according to the report. ..."
Reference Source: www.military.com
