ARMED FORCES NEWS
November 15

The Department of Veterans Affairs and the National Archives and Records Administration have signed a "memorandum of agreement" that is intended to reduce the backlog of more than 57,000 veterans' military records requested by VA. NARA, the repository for records of military personnel separated from the five military services, houses the records at the National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis, Mo. NARA's task is to provide a one-day turnaround for high priority requests and a less than five-day turnaround on routine requests. VA expects that within one year the backlog of pending requests at NPRC will be eliminated. Currently, VA has a national inventory of more than 668,000 compensation and pension claims pending. Of these claims, 53,000 have been awaiting a decision for more than a year.

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