Federal Affairs Dispatchhttps://federalaffairsdispatch.com/Veterans, service members and military families: the federal decisions that reach them.en-usThu, 05 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTVA to hire 2,000 more claims processors as errors found on review climbhttps://federalaffairsdispatch.com/stories/va-claims-hiring-automation-errors-higher-level-review/https://federalaffairsdispatch.com/stories/va-claims-hiring-automation-errors-higher-level-review/Thu, 05 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTDispatch StaffThe department says it decided a record 3.1 million claims in fiscal 2026 with rising accuracy. Its own appeals data, a new outside analysis and two inspector general reviews of automated decisions point to a rising count of errors caught later in the process.