The EZer VA Disability Claim Form

I'm told sometime in the past month the Office of Management and Budget approved a six-page claim form that veterans use to apply for disability benefits, replacing a 23-page application that was so complex that only a bureaucrat could comprehend it.

The Veterans Affairs Department has yet to post the form for use on its Web site, which is replete with forms, but, as a public service, here it is.

Paul Sullivan, executive director of Veterans for Common Sense, says the shorter form goes a long way toward reducing vets' paperwork burden when applying for benefits, but he would like to see a one-page form.

That may be asking too much.