VA Claims & Appeals Charts

Live data on the VA disability claims backlog, state-by-state breakdown, and AMA appeals wait times. Sourced from VA's weekly Monday Morning Workload Report and the monthly AMA compliance report.

MMWR through: AMA report through:

Where claims stand right now

National disability claims pending at VBA, plus the trend over the last 8 weeks and the breakdown by claim type.

National pending claims (8-week trend)

Pulled from each weekly MMWR snapshot.

Pending now
Backlog > 125 days
National pending claims trend over the last 8 weeks

Source: VA Monday Morning Workload Report · weekly

Breakdown by claim type

What VBA's pending workload is made up of.

Donut chart of pending claims by type
  • Original claims
  • Increased rating
  • Supplemental claims

Source: VA Monday Morning Workload Report · weekly

By state

Top 10 states by raw backlog volume, plus the full sortable table by backlog percentage.

Top 10 states by backlog (claims > 125 days)

Number of veterans waiting in each state.

    Source: VA Monday Morning Workload Report · weekly

    All states — sortable

    Click a column header to sort.

    State Pending Backlog % Avg days

    Source: VA Monday Morning Workload Report · weekly

    Appeals: how long things take

    If your claim was denied and you appealed, here is the average time it sits before the Board of Veterans' Appeals decides it. From the AMA monthly compliance report.

    Average wait at the Board, by docket lane

    Days from when the appeal was received to current pending status.

    Source: VA AMA monthly compliance report (Office of Performance Analysis & Integrity)

    Pending volume by review type

    Three ways a contested VA decision can be sitting right now.

      Source: VA AMA monthly compliance report (Office of Performance Analysis & Integrity)

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