BY KELLIE LUNNEY
Some veterans are upset they’re having to waiting hundreds of days just to advance the process of applying for combat-related compensation.
Seven veterans from across the country have sued the Veterans Affairs Department claiming the agency has unlawfully ignored requests for documentation necessary to obtain disability benefits.
The vets—who are from Florida, Kentucky, Colorado, Virginia and Wyoming—want to apply for additional programs that could result in more disability compensation, but are unable to do so because they’re still waiting for the VA to send them documents from their claims files.
VA maintains a claims file that includes several important medical records and other documents for every vet who 
has applied to the department for disability benefits. According to an Aug. 19, 2013, document in a VA handbook, “requests for access to records will be acknowledged within 10 business days if the response cannot be provided within 20 business days, as required by the Privacy Act.”
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