SPEAKER INDEX    CONTENTS   INSERTS   
A'ZERA          33     48  
EVANS            4  
FILNER           3     14     15     16     17     18     26     27     28  
                29     30     48     49     50     51  
KRAMER          24     25  
MASCARA         22     23     24     25     56     57  
MCNEILL         38     46     51     53     54  
NEBEKER          6     13     15     16     19     22     23     24     25  
                27     29  
QUINN            1      4      5      9     12     13     14     18     20  
                21     22     23     24     25     28     29     30     32  
                35     38     41     44     45     46     47     48     51  
                52     54     55     57     58  
REYES            5     21     22     54  
RODRIGUEZ        5     18     19     20     51     52     53     54     57  
RUSSO           41     44     45     50     52     55  
STANDEFER       10     13     14     16     17     19     20     21     22  
                23  
SURRATT         35     47     48     49     50     51     53     54     55  
THOMAS          31     48     56  
ZEGLIN          28     29     30  

CONTENTS    SPEAKERS   INSERTS   
OPENING STATEMENT OF CHAIRMAN QUINN
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OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. BOB FILNER
                                                                 PAGE     2

OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. LANE EVANS, RANKING DEMOCRATIC MEMBER, FULL COMMITTEE ON VETERANS' 
AFFAIRS
                                                                 PAGE     4

STATEMENT OF HON. FRANK Q. NEBEKER, CHIEF JUDGE, U.S. COURT OF VETERANS APPEALS; ACCOMPANIED BY 
HON. KENNETH B. KRAMER, JUDGE, U.S. COURT OF VETERANS APPEALS; HON. RICHARD B. STANDEFER, ACTING 
CHAIRMAN, BOARD OF VETERANS' APPEALS, DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, AND RONALD R. AUMENT, 
DIRECTOR, MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION, BOARD OF VETERANS' APPEALS
                                                                 PAGE     6

STATEMENT OF HON. FRANK Q. NEBEKER
                                                                 PAGE     6

STATEMENT OF HON. RICHARD B. STANDEFER
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STATEMENT OF DONALD ZEGLIN, DEPUTY ASSISTANT GENERAL COUNSEL, DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
                                                                 PAGE    29

STATEMENTS OF HARLEY THOMAS, ASSOCIATE LEGISLATIVE DIRECTOR, PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA; JOHN 
J. MCNEILL, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR VETERANS' BENEFITS POLICY, VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS; VERONICA 
A'ZERA, NATIONAL LEGISLATIVE DIRECTOR, AMVETS; WILLIAM F. RUSSO, DIRECTOR, VETERANS' BENEFITS 
PROGRAM, VIETNAM VETERANS OF AMERICA, AND RICK SURRATT, ASSISTANT LEGISLATIVE DIRECTOR, DISABLED 
AMERICAN VETERANS
                                                                 PAGE    31

STATEMENT OF HARLEY THOMAS
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STATEMENT OF VERONICA A'ZERA
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STATEMENT OF RICK SURRATT
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STATEMENT OF JOHN J. MCNEILL
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STATEMENT OF WILLIAM F. RUSSO
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