TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chart 1: Major VA Program Categories. 3

Chart 2: VA "Budget" by County. 4

Chart 3: VA "Budget" by State. 5

Chart 4: The Correlation between Disability Claims and Death Benefits. 6

Chart 5: Disability Compensation by State, FY 2003 Projection. 7

Chart 6: Disability Pensions by State, FY 2003 Projection. 8

Chart 7: Medical Cost per Treated Patient by State, FY 2002. 9

Chart 8: Medical Cost per Treated Patient by County, FY 2002. 10

Chart 9: Service-Connected Disability Comp Percentages by State, FY02. 11

Chart 10: Service-Connected Disability Comp Percentages by County, FY02. 12

Chart 11: Disability Pension Cases/Population by State, FY 2002. 13

Chart 12: Disability Pension Cases/Population by County, FY 2002. 14

Chart 13: Disability C&P Cases by State, FY 2002. 15

Chart 14: Disability C&P Cases by County, ca FY 2002. 16

Chart 15: Medical Utilization by State, FY 2002. 17

Chart 16: Medical Utilization by County, FY 2002. 18

Chart 17: Utilization of Key Benefits by State, FY 2002. 19

Chart 18: Utilization of Key Benefits by County, FY 2002. 20

Chart 19: State Veteran Population and Denominator 21

Chart 20: County Veteran Population and Denominator 22

Chart 21: Age Profile by the States. 23

Chart 22: Age Profile by County. 24

Chart 23: Disability Compensation Profile by Period of Service. 25

Chart 24: Disability Pension Profile by Period of Service. 26

Chart 25: Period of Service Profile by State. 27

Chart 26: Period of Service Profile by County. 28

Chart 27: State Disability Profile. 29

Chart 28: County Disability Profile. 30

Chart 29: Household Income by State. 31

Chart 30: Household Income by County. 32

Chart 31: Looking for a Relationship between Income and C&P Cases. 33

Chart 32: Poverty Level by State. 34

Chart 33: Poverty Level by County. 35

Chart 34: Looking for a Relationship between Poverty and C&P Cases. 36

Chart 35: Claims Processing Exceeding 180 Days for December 2002. 37

Chart 36: Claims Processing Exceeding 180 Days, 3 Point Average. 38

Chart 37: Looking for a Relationship between Claims Time and Disability Cases. 39

Chart 38: Compensation Cases Completed per Annum, FY 2002. 40

Chart 39: Looking for a Relationship between Claims Rate and Disability Cases. 41

Chart 40: Looking for a Relationship between Expenditures and C&P. 42

Supplemental Charts

Chart 41: Correlation between Disability and Total Compensation and Pension Cases. 43

Chart 42: Correlation between Median Household Income and Disability Compensation and Pension Cases. 44

Chart 43: Correlation between Poverty and Disability Compensation and Pension Cases. 45

Chart 44: Correlation between Claims Processing Time and Disability Compensation and Pension Cases. 46

Chart 45: Correlation between Disability Compensation Claims per Year and Disability Compensation Cases. 47

Chart 46: Correlation between Total Compensation and Pension Cases and Total “Direct” Expenditures. 48

Chart 1: Major VA Program Categories

Chart 2: VA "Budget" by County

Chart 3: VA "Budget" by State

Chart 4: The Correlation between Disability Claims and Death Benefits

Chart 5: Disability Compensation by State, FY 2003 Projection

Chart 6: Disability Pensions by State, FY 2003 Projection

Chart 7: Medical Cost per Treated Patient by State, FY 2002

Chart 8: Medical Cost per Treated Patient by County, FY 2002

Chart 9: Service-Connected Disability Comp Percentages by State, FY02

Chart 10: Service-Connected Disability Comp Percentages by County, FY02

Chart 11: Disability Pension Cases/Population by State, FY 2002

Chart 12: Disability Pension Cases/Population by County, FY 2002

Chart 13: Disability C&P Cases by State, FY 2002

Chart 14: Disability C&P Cases by County, ca FY 2002

Chart 15: Medical Utilization by State, FY 2002

Chart 16: Medical Utilization by County, FY 2002