
Women experience mental health differently than men
Are you transitioning to life after service?
Language selection
FrançaisVBTs include staff such as Disability Services Assistants, Benefits Program Officers and Disability Adjudicators who work together to guide disability applications from the moment they are submitted to the time a payment is made. While it will still take time before this is fully implemented, we expect this to result in faster disability application decisions for Veterans and their families by removing administrative steps and file handoffs.
The VBT pilot, which ran from September 2018 to March 2019, showed positive results:
Other results from the pilot program included:
Working alongside VBTs are “Spike Teams” created for disability adjudication. These teams are structured similarly to VBTs and are staffed by employees brought on to focus specifically on reducing the backlog of disability applications.
We will continue to closely monitor the progress of VBTs. While there is no one-size-fits-all solution to reduce processing times, VBTs are another step in our ongoing commitment to better serve Veterans and their families.
Date published: 2020-11-06