The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has reached another milestone in its disability claims transformation process – over 30 percent of the current disability claims inventory is now digital and accessible to claim raters in VA’s electronic claims processing system, according to a July news release.

According to the VA, this now places them ahead of schedule at all 56 regional offices across the country.

This effort is a key part of transforming outdated paper processing into an electronic system that is delivering disability claims decisions for Veterans more quickly.

In addition, all incoming paper claims are transformed into digital records for electronic processing using VA’s new claims processing software and electronic repository.