Tom Barrett, a U.S. representative from Michigan, passed his first piece of legislation into the House on Monday, which aims to make the claims letter the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs sends to soldiers around the country more “user helpful.”
By a vote of 412 to 0 on Monday evening, the costs passed the House.
Our soldiers honorably serve the United States defense, Barrett said in comment made on the House floor. They don’t want a lawyer or specialized advocate to give them a claims letter, they don’t.
The section is required by republican legislation, which the office is under contract with a federally funded study business to suggest ways to make the agency’s say notices” clearer to claimants, better organized and more clear” and to find ways to change the letters to lower paper usage and costs to the U.S. government.
Barrett, a veteran of the Army, has first-hand encounter with confusing VA letter.
” A veteran’s filing a claim indicates that they require assistance.” They are frequently given lengthy, complicated letters filled with legal jargon, which eventually causes them to dial a claim center or helpline, which” slow down the general claims process,” according to Barrett, R-Charlotte.
” This is unacceptable. Says letters should serve as the motivating force for change and gain rather than the constraint.
No matter if a senior is requesting benefits from the VA for health care, housing, or knowledge, the freshman senator has expressed his hope that the legislation will lessen the strain and confusion.
Nikki Budzinski, a leading Democrat from Illinois, co-sponsored Barrett’s costs, and it also has the backing of Committee Chairman Mike Bost, who is also from Illinois.
___
© 2025 The Detroit News.
Tribune Content Agency, LLC distributed.
