June 10, 2014

Today Congresswoman Dina Titus of Nevada’s First District issued the following statement in response to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Inspector General report on the Reno VA Regional Office (VARO).

“For months, I have been calling on the Veterans Affairs Administration to make significant changes to improve the performance of the Reno Regional Benefits Office. There have been a few bright spots, including heeding my request to increase staffing in Southern Nevada,” said Titus. “Unfortunately, as was highlighted in a hearing held by my subcommittee in Las Vegas in November, the Reno RO has consistently been among the worst performing Regional Offices. The report issued today by the VA Inspector General is yet another indication that leadership changes are necessary in Reno. There are too many examples of mismanagement to allow the current leadership to continue serving our vets.”

A copy of the IG inspection report on the Reno VA Regional Office can be read here: http://www.va.gov/oig/pubs/VAOIG-13-04324-170.pdf

On April 30, 2014, Congresswoman Titus announced that the Las Vegas Benefits Office would receive 20 additional employees, increasing the staff from 15 to 35 employees, to focus on processing disability rating claims for veterans and reducing the claims backlog. This announcement was a direct result of the November 7, 2013 field hearing of the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs held by Titus in Las Vegas. For more information: http://titus.house.gov/press-releases/titus-va-field-hearing-yields-results