“While the Department has made improvements to the [total and permanent disability] process in recent years, more can be done to resolve inequities and burdens in the program,” the senators wrote. “Therefore, we continue to lead a bipartisan, bicameral effort so that Americans will no longer face costly delays or bureaucratic barriers to receiving a benefit that they are entitled to under the law. The Department can eliminate unnecessary paperwork and provide swift relief to borrowers with an interim final rule to automate discharges under the [total and permanent disability] program. We continue to urge the Department to act on our request as soon as possible.”
