Veterans Law Library
A Comprehensive Collection of
Materials Relating to the Veterans
Benefits Adjudication Process
Senate Hearing Transcripts
*** This list is not comprehensive.  For a complete collection of Senate
Veterans Affairs Committee Hearings, go to the Government Printing
Office page,
here. ***

Current Congress

111th Congress






  • S. Hrg. 111-___ -- Review of Veterans' Disability Compensation: What
    Changes are Needed to Improve the Appeals Process?, Feb. 11, 2009
    [link to Senate page for hearing]



    110th Congress

  • S. Hrg. 110-732 -- Hearing on Review of Veterans' Disability
    Compensation:  Undue Delay in Claims Processing, July 9, 2008
    [download .pdf]

  • S. Hrg. 110-638 -- Review of Veterans' Disability Compensation:  
    Expert Work on PTSD and Other Issues, Feb. 27, 2008 [download .pdf]

  • S. Hrg. 110-467 -- Oversight Hearing: Review of Veterans' Disability
    Compensation-- Rehabilitating Veterans, Feb. 5, 2008 [download .pdf]

  • S. Hrg. 110-466 -- Hearing on Review of Veterans' Disability
    Compensation:  Report of the Veterans' Disability Benefits
    Commission, Jan. 24, 2008 [download .pdf]

  • S. Hrg. 110-374 -- Hearing on VA and DOD Collaboration:  Report of
    the President's Commission on Care for America's Returning
    Wounded Warriors; Report of the Veterans Disability Benefits
    Commission; and Other Related Reports, Oct. 17, 2007 [download .pdf]

  • S. Hrg. 110-360 -- Oversight Hearing on Performance and Structure of
    the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, Nov. 7, 2007
    [download .pdf]

  • S. Hrg. 110-89 -- Hearing on Mental Health Issues, Apr. 25, 2007
    [download .pdf]

  • S. Hrg. 110-188 -- Hearing on Pending Benefits Legislation, May 9,
    2007 [download .pdf]

  • S. Hrg. 110-35 -- VA Claims Adjudication and Appeals Process, Mar. 7,
    2007 [download .pdf]


    109th Congress

  • S. Hrg. 109-694 -- Battling the Backlog Part II:  Challenges Facing the
    U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, July 13, 2006 [download .
    pdf]

  • S. Hrg. 109-425 -- The Rising Number of Disabled Veterans Deemed
    Unemployable:  Is the System Failing?  A Closer Look at VA's
    Individual Unemployability Benefit, Oct. 27, 2005 [download .pdf]

  • S. Hrg. 109-216 -- Battling the Backlog:  Challenges Facing the VA
    Claims Adjudication and Appeal Process, May 26, 2005 [download .pdf]


    107th Congress

  • S. Hrg. 107-792 -- Military Exposures:  The Continuing Challenges of
    Care and Compensation, July 10, 2002 [download .pdf]


    Older hearings will be available here at a later time.
“The willingness
with which our
young people are
likely to serve in
any war, no matter
how justified, shall
be directly
proportional as to
how they perceive
veterans of earlier
wars were treated
and appreciated by
this country.”

George Washington