Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/extended-interview-va-secretary-responds-to-backlog Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Story Nearly a quarter million veterans wait more than a year for their medical claims to go through the Veterans Administration (VA) before receiving their earned benefits.Correspondent Hari Sreenivasan talks with Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki in this extended interview. Shinseki responds to Rachel McNeill and Aaron Thorson, Iraq War veterans affected by the backlog.