退伍军人事务部长 Collins 发退伍军人节声明：新开47家诊所，福利积压降近七成
美国退伍军人事务部（VA）部长 Doug Collins 11月11日就退伍军人节发表声明。退伍军人事务部当天上午9时（美东时间）发布这份声明，Collins 在声明中向退伍军人致敬，并列出本届政府任内该部的主要成绩，承诺今后继续改进。
Collins 说，美国今年庆祝建国250周年，这一里程碑离不开数百万美国退伍军人为保卫国家所作的奋斗；每个退伍军人节，人们既纪念这些英雄的服务与牺牲，也再次下决心在他们脱下军装后照顾好他们。
他说，为退伍军人提供他们凭服务挣得的医疗与福利，是退伍军人事务部的工作；在特朗普总统领导下，该部做这件事比以往更好、更快、更有效率，但工作还没有做完，今后还将带来更多改进。
声明列出的成绩包括：新开47家医疗诊所，扩大全国退伍军人的就医可及性；等待福利的积压人数自2025年1月20日以来下降近70%，残疾索赔平均处理时间缩短46%。
声明还说，该部在2026财年处理了创纪录的311万件赔偿索赔，比2024财年增加23.5%，批准率超过60%，准确率近94%，为三年来最高；2026年新登记参加 VA 医疗的退伍军人超过33万名，2026财年直接医疗预约达创纪录的8,270万次。
此外，该部在2026财年投入近50亿美元现代化、维修与改善医疗设施，为该部历史上最大的一笔非经常性维护投资；2025与2026两个财年合计安置了超过9.5万名无家可归退伍军人。
（来源：美国退伍军人事务部）
VA Secretary Collins Marks Veterans Day: 47 New Clinics Opened, Benefits Backlog Down Nearly 70%
U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs Doug Collins released a statement on November 11 for Veterans Day. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) issued the statement at 9 a.m. ET, in which Collins honored veterans, listed the department's main accomplishments under the current administration and pledged further improvements.
Collins said America celebrated her 250th anniversary this year, a milestone that would not have been possible without the millions of American veterans who fought to defend the nation, and that each Veterans Day honors their service and sacrifice while redoubling efforts to take care of them after they have hung up the uniform.
He said delivering the care and benefits veterans have earned through their service is VA's job, and that under President Trump, VA is doing that better, faster and more efficiently than ever before, while adding that the work is not done and more improvements are ahead.
The accomplishments listed include 47 new healthcare clinics opened to expand access nationwide, a backlog of veterans waiting for benefits down nearly 70% since January 20, 2025, and average disability claims processing time cut by 46%.
VA processed a record 3.11 million compensation claims in fiscal 2026, up 23.5% from fiscal 2024, granting more than 60% of claims filed with an accuracy rate of nearly 94%, the highest in three years, the statement said. More than 330,000 new veterans enrolled in VA healthcare in 2026, and direct care appointments reached a record 82.7 million in fiscal 2026.
VA also invested nearly $5 billion in fiscal 2026 to modernize, repair and improve healthcare facilities, the largest non-recurring maintenance investment in its history, and housed more than 95,000 homeless veterans across fiscal 2025 and 2026, according to the statement.
(Source: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs)
来源：美国退伍军人事务部
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图片来源：图：美国退伍军人事务部长 Doug Collins 官方肖像。照片：美国退伍军人事务部，公共领域，经 Wikimedia Commons；竖幅原图以模糊衬底全幅呈现。 / Photo: Official portrait of U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs Doug Collins. Photo by U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons; the portrait original is presented in full on a blurred backdrop.
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