Need For VA Growing
By: Salaam Bhatti

I have had the pleasure of helping our veterans and their families through the Touro Law Center veterans rights clinic. Through my research on issues affecting veterans today, I understand the battles our heroes went through abroad and the struggle they go through when they return home.

This struggle is primarily experienced through the bureaucratic sludge of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Thankfully, the agency's budget has increased for the upcoming year, but the rise in claims and expected withdrawal of troops within the next year means the budget will fall short. Last year alone, the VA received an unprecedented 1 million claims.

The VA is not a problem that the government should throw money at. Rather, its efficiency and technological advancement are crucial to best serving those who have served.