Hearings » Examining Training Requirements of Veterans Benefits Administration Claims Processing Personnel

Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs

Examining Training Requirements of Veterans Benefits Administration Claims Processing Personnel

Opening Statements

Witness Testimonies

  • Panel 1
  • Daniel Bertoni, Director, Education, Workforce, and Income Security, U.S. Government Accountability Office

  • Panel 2
  • Jimmy F. Sims, Jr., Rating Veterans Service Representative, Winston-Salem, NC, Regional Office, Veterans Benefits Administration, and Shop Steward, Local 1738, American Federation of Government Employees (AFL-CIO), and AFGE National Veterans Affairs Council
  • Jeffrey C. Hall, Assistant National Legislative Director, Disabled American Veterans
  • Meg Bartley, Esq., Senior Staff Attorney, National Veterans Legal Services Program
  • David E. Hunter, Ph.D., Assistant Director, Cost Analysis and Research Division, Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA)
  • Ian C. de Planque, Deputy Director, Veterans Affairs and Rehabilitation Commission, American Legion

  • Panel 3
  • Michael Cardarelli, Acting Deputy Under Secretary for Benefits, Veterans Benefits Administration, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
  • Accompanied By:
  • Diana M. Rubens, Associate Deputy Under Secretary for Field Operations, Veterans Benefits Administration, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
  • Terence Meehan, Director of Employee Development and Training, Veterans Benefits Administration, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
  • Danny Pummill, Deputy Director for Policy and Procedures, Compensation and Pension Service, Veterans Benefits Administration, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

  • Panel 4
  • Submissions for the Record 

  • Carol Wild Scott, Chairman, Veterans Law Section, Federal Bar Association
  • Hearing Transcript