VA Appeals Program: Examining the State of Modernization Efforts


Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs

Date: 07.13.21

Location: Fully Virtual

Presiding: Chair Elaine Luria

The Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs will hold a hearing entitled "VA Appeals Program: Examining the State of Modernization Efforts"

This meeting will be livestreamed on Youtube and Facebook and you can find all hearing documents on the Committee Repository Here.

Witness List

Panel One 

 

Ms. Cheryl Mason 

Chairman

Board of Veterans’ Appeals

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

 

Accompanied by:  

MrRonald Burke 

Deputy Under Secretary for Policy and Oversight 

Veterans Benefits Administration 

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs 

 

Mr. Brad Houston 

Deputy Chief Information Officer, Account Manager for Benefits, Appeals and Memorial Affairs 

Office of Information and Technology 

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs 

 

Ms. Elizabeth Curda 

Director 

Education, Workforce, and Income Security 

Government Accountability Office 

 

Panel Two 

 

Mr. Shane Liermann 

Deputy National Legislative Director 

Disabled American Veterans  

Gillian Slovick  

2nd Vice President of AFGE Local 17 

American Federation of Government Employees 

 

Diane Boyd Rauber 

Executive Director 
National Organization of Veterans' Advocates