Weekly data · VBA Monday Morning Workload Report

VA Claims Backlog — Week of 2026-06-06

How many disability claims the VA is sitting on, how old they are, and how fast each regional office is moving — refreshed from VBA's own weekly workbook.

By Mario Bailey — U.S. Air Force veteran · current Air National Guard member. Data updated 2026-06-06.

Pending claims

588,343

Backlog (>125 days)

70,866

% over 125 days

12.0%

Avg days pending

65.38 days

Completed this FY

2,096,846

SOURCE: VBA Monday Morning Workload Report (weekly workbook) · retrieved 2026-06-10 · report through 2026-06-06 · C&P rating bundle, all missions

What these numbers mean

Pending counts disability compensation and pension rating claims awaiting a decision. The VA counts a claim as backlog once it has been pending more than 125 days. Both figures come from the rating-bundle tables of VBA's Monday Morning Workload Report, which VeteranPlug ingests every week.

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By regional office (station of jurisdiction)

Claims workload by VBA regional office, week of 2026-06-06
Regional office	Pending	Backlog	% > 125 days	Avg days pending
Albuquerque	927	78	8.4%	51.24
Anchorage	121	4	3.3%	43.61
Atlanta	4,700	472	10.0%	53.68
Baltimore	764	109	14.3%	64.64
Boise	875	60	6.9%	48.21
Boston	812	88	10.8%	62.11
Buffalo	1,258	94	7.5%	53.28
Cheyenne	222	21	9.5%	58.18
Chicago	1,643	147	8.9%	54.28
Cleveland	3,128	454	14.5%	67.56
Columbia	3,612	338	9.4%	54.14
Continental District	26,271	1,869	7.1%	54.99
Denver	2,420	103	4.3%	45.4
Des Moines	1,160	86	7.4%	47.81
Detroit	2,656	282	10.6%	51.8
Fargo	504	41	8.1%	52.05
Fort Harrison	589	46	7.8%	52.64
Hartford	1,087	75	6.9%	51.42
Honolulu	561	46	8.2%	53.34
Houston	5,015	283	5.6%	50.43
Huntington	1,843	108	5.9%	49.59
Indianapolis	990	76	7.7%	56.24
Jackson	834	186	22.3%	101.3
Lincoln	2,129	110	5.2%	47.04
Little Rock	1,165	85	7.3%	50.35
Los Angeles	2,206	58	2.6%	39.57
Louisville	2,365	416	17.6%	81.42
Manchester	422	39	9.2%	50.16
Manila	368	22	6.0%	49.79
Milwaukee	2,097	203	9.7%	58.05
Montgomery	2,200	136	6.2%	48.95
Muskogee	3,255	180	5.5%	45.7
Nashville	2,949	233	7.9%	51.8
National Work Queue	439,362	56,962	13.0%	69.81
New Orleans	1,553	140	9.0%	50.37
New York	939	64	6.8%	46.79
Newark	809	87	10.8%	55.53
Northeast District	32,026	3,224	10.1%	57.34
Oakland	1,316	122	9.3%	62.22
Pacific District	22,691	1,409	6.2%	48.74
Philadelphia	4,518	636	14.1%	74.21
Phoenix	2,553	194	7.6%	51.91
Pittsburgh	1,377	209	15.2%	67.58
Portland	1,339	51	3.8%	43.98
Providence	3,740	207	5.5%	41.92
Reno	737	53	7.2%	55.78
Roanoke	3,407	426	12.5%	59.75
Salt Lake City	2,671	165	6.2%	49.59
San Diego	5,394	287	5.3%	46.18
San Juan	6,198	2,191	35.4%	121.92
Seattle	3,623	269	7.4%	49.55
Sioux Falls	1,075	80	7.4%	52.86
Southeast District	43,025	6,046	14.1%	67.05
St. Louis	3,271	329	10.1%	54.89
St. Paul	1,956	235	12.0%	67.8
St. Petersburg	6,287	761	12.1%	62.97
Togus	2,069	69	3.3%	47.3
Waco	7,368	640	8.7%	66.43
Washington	1	—	—	2
White River Junction	216	23	10.6%	57.88
Wichita	578	44	7.6%	49.06
Wilmington	229	33	14.4%	56.38
Winston-Salem	5,912	554	9.4%	53.49

Station-of-jurisdiction view: claims are credited to the regional office assigned to work them. The National Work Queue routes claims across offices, so an office's queue is not strictly its local veterans' claims.

SOURCE: VBA Monday Morning Workload Report · retrieved 2026-06-10 · report through 2026-06-06

By state

State view counts claims by the veteran's address, regardless of which office works them.

Claims workload by state, week of 2026-06-06
State	Pending	Backlog	% > 125 days	Avg days pending
Alabama	13,628	1,639	12.0%	64.95
Alaska	2,059	275	13.4%	72.32
Arizona	14,967	1,718	11.5%	63.55
Arkansas	7,026	945	13.5%	69.89
California	44,908	5,414	12.1%	66.83
Colorado	10,536	1,241	11.8%	63.99
Connecticut	3,489	481	13.8%	72.38
Delaware	1,797	214	11.9%	62.86
District of Columbia	734	94	12.8%	63.02
Florida	55,972	6,606	11.8%	65.04
Georgia	27,698	3,127	11.3%	62.35
Hawaii	3,613	447	12.4%	67.03
Idaho	3,820	464	12.1%	66.82
Illinois	14,220	1,811	12.7%	68.41
Indiana	11,309	1,269	11.2%	63.29
Iowa	5,305	739	13.9%	69.65
Kansas	5,277	706	13.4%	66.99
Kentucky	7,661	969	12.6%	64.73
Louisiana	10,801	1,248	11.6%	63.26
Maine	2,429	347	14.3%	71.63
Maryland	11,059	1,316	11.9%	64.24
Massachusetts	6,211	873	14.1%	74.05
Michigan	12,731	1,694	13.3%	68.53
Minnesota	6,607	932	14.1%	68.18
Mississippi	8,147	976	12.0%	65.2
Missouri	11,386	1,428	12.5%	65.21
Montana	2,527	337	13.3%	66.61
Nebraska	3,971	466	11.7%	63.58
Nevada	7,387	867	11.7%	65.1
New Hampshire	2,143	286	13.3%	69.22
New Jersey	7,809	1,100	14.1%	70.9
New Mexico	4,262	578	13.6%	69.87
New York	14,615	1,975	13.5%	68.72
North Carolina	25,165	2,746	10.9%	61.23
North Dakota	1,423	201	14.1%	72.33
Ohio	17,309	2,054	11.9%	66.11
Oklahoma	9,620	1,097	11.4%	63.47
Oregon	6,809	1,009	14.8%	73.45
OT	6,726	1,195	17.8%	79.77
Pennsylvania	17,217	2,128	12.4%	65.86
Puerto Rico	4,353	395	9.1%	57.65
Rhode Island	1,314	190	14.5%	71.32
South Carolina	15,225	1,674	11.0%	63.42
South Dakota	1,947	263	13.5%	68.51
Tennessee	15,425	1,655	10.7%	61.17
Texas	67,042	7,328	10.9%	62.56
Utah	3,748	447	11.9%	65.15
Vermont	727	121	16.6%	74.94
Virginia	21,990	2,621	11.9%	64.16
Washington	12,778	1,573	12.3%	67.15
West Virginia	3,973	388	9.8%	62.84
Wisconsin	8,002	998	12.5%	66.85
Wyoming	1,446	201	13.9%	68.98

SOURCE: VBA Monday Morning Workload Report (state view) · retrieved 2026-06-10 · report through 2026-06-06