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.
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.
The 8-week trend appears after at least 2 weekly updates have been recorded on prod. Check back next Tuesday.
Source: VA Monday Morning Workload Report · weekly
Breakdown by claim type
What VBA's pending workload is made up of.
- 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 |
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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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