If one were to just look at the VA system from a distance, one would immediately assume inefficiency and bureaucracy cause the delays in such a large system, and that would be partly correct. But, it is often overlooked that a major cause of the delays in the VA system is because the system is replete with protections for our nation’s veterans.

This podcast will highlight three of the ways Congress has expressed a “special solicitude” for the veteran in the benefit process.