SPEAKER INDEX CONTENTS INSERTS BACKHUS 38 59 BURNS 53 EVANS 11 21 23 FILNER 4 13 15 16 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 59 60 61 65 66 GARDNER 37 HAYWORTH 6 16 17 18 LAHOOD 6 MAGILL 51 MASCARA 31 32 33 62 63 64 65 MOFFITT 7 12 15 16 17 18 20 21 22 23 24 25 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 MUCKELBAUER 52 53 61 PUGLISI 45 57 60 63 64 65 QUINN 1 6 11 12 13 16 18 21 23 24 25 26 31 33 37 38 41 45 48 51 52 53 56 57 58 59 62 66 REYES 6 19 20 21 22 33 34 36 62 RUSSO 48 58 VIOLANTE 42 45 61 62 63 CONTENTS SPEAKERS INSERTS OPENING STATEMENT OF CHAIRMAN QUINN PAGE 1 OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. BOB FILNER PAGE 4 STATEMENT OF KRISTINE MOFFITT, DIRECTOR OF COMPENSATION AND PENSION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS PAGE 7 STATEMENT OF STEPHEN BACKHUS, DIRECTOR, VETERANS' AFFAIRS AND MILITARY HEALTH CARE ISSUES, GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE PAGE 38 STATEMENT OF JOSEPH VIOLANTE, DEPUTY NATIONAL LEGISLATIVE DIRECTOR, DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS PAGE 42 STATEMENT OF MATTHEW PUGLISI, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, NATIONAL VA AND REHABILITATION COMMISSION, THE AMERICAN LEGION PAGE 45 STATEMENT OF WILLIAM RUSSO, DIRECTOR, VETERANS' BENEFITS PROGRAMS, VIETNAM VETERANS OF AMERICA PAGE 48 STATEMENT OF JAMES MAGILL, DIRECTOR, NATIONAL LEGISLATIVE SERVICE, VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS ACCOMPANIED BY JOHN MUCKELBAUER, MILITARY CLAIMS CONSULTANT PAGE 51 STATEMENT OF CHUCK BURNS, NATIONAL SERVICE DIRECTOR, AMVETS PAGE 53 INSERTS SPEAKERS CONTENTS NO INSERTS IN THIS HEARING