Trump-Era VA Cuts Backlog 70 Percent, Opens 47

There is just not an excessive amount of we will do for our veterans, particularly those wounded in the road of responsibility; taking care of our heroes is the main mission of the federal Department of Veterans’ Affairs, which oversees the assorted Veterans’ Administration (VA) hospitals, clinics and services around the nation. So it is applicable that, on Veterans Day, VA Secretary Doug Collins, talking on Fox News to host Todd Piro, has announced a major plan to deal with veterans’ homelessness.

.@SecVetAffairs: We just allotted over $1B to help teams across the nation deal with veteran homelessness. Last 12 months, we completely housed over 50,000 veterans, and we’re coming close to that quantity again this 12 months. https://t.co/4a51Czh0nf

— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) November 11, 2026

Here’s what the Secretary had to say:

It’s getting even better in the sense that we have just allotted over a billion {dollars} to help teams across the nation deal with homelessness. Last 12 months we completely housed over 50,000 veterans. We’re coming again close to that quantity, and as we’re doing so, we’re seeing more and more. Understand that, the homelessness issue usually is tied with other issues. And so, what we’re doing at the VA shouldn’t be only getting them into non permanent housing, we’re transferring them into everlasting housing. But also we’re taking the time to make sure we give them the wrap-around companies that they need, what bought them there to start with. For sometimes, it is medical situations. For sometimes it is mental health. For sometimes possibly it is just financial, or habit. Those are the sort of issues that we’re going to take and make sure that not only we’re serving to them get out of the scenario, we make sure they keep out.

Also on Veterans Day, the VA under Secretary Collins issued a press release documenting the VA’s achievements over the last 12 months, and what the VA intends to do next, to ship more and better advantages to our nation’s veterans.

Here are a few key factors:

• VA has opened 47 new healthcare clinics, increasing access for Veterans around the nation.(*70*)
• The backlog of Veterans ready for VA advantages is down practically 70% since Jan. 20, 2025.(*70*)
• VA has cut the average incapacity claims processing time by 46% since Jan. 20, 2025.(*70*)
• VA processed a report high 3.11 million compensation claims in FY2026, a 23.5% increase from FY2024. VA granted more than 60% of the claims filed, with the best accuracy price in three years (practically 94%), and only about 3% of these selections had been appealed to the Board of Veterans’ Appeals.(*70*)

There’s no other group of people in the United States fairly like our nation’s veterans. We all served, many of us under harsh situations, many of us far from home, in unusual lands with unusual customs. Many veterans got here away scarred by their experiences, mentally and bodily. And we owe those veterans a great debt, one we will never actually repay fully. What we will do, though, is to guarantee that they obtain the best remedies and companies we will present them; we actually owe the continued existence of our republic to these great heroes.

The Veterans Administration is making some fairly good strides in that direction. Secretary Collins appears to perceive that mission. And on this, of all days, we should always all perceive this great debt, and the steps the federal authorities is taking to repay it as best it could actually.

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