Audit 002

Claims

Volume II contains 21 claim records: 15 validated claims, 5 bibliographic claims, and one draft/provenance-labeled legacy claim preserved with limitations.

Supported FindingsLimitationsAudit Landing

C-0001–C-0005 · Bibliographic / structural

Foundation claims

These records establish statutory vehicles, appropriation structure, Toxic Exposures Fund totals, FY2025 financial-statement opinion status, and the suicide-report data lag.

C-0006–C-0008 · SF-0001

2024 VA shortfall episodes

Validated claims separate the VBA and VHA failure mechanisms and preserve the $5.1B carryover figure as provenance-labeled/draft until primary figures are verified.

C-0009–C-0010 · SF-0002

FY2026 growth decomposition and TEF basis

Validated claims describe the FY2026 VA budget increase, mandatory/discretionary decomposition, and Toxic Exposures Fund basis rules.

C-0011–C-0012 · SF-0003

VHA staffing measurement integrity

Validated claims preserve the OIG severe-shortage determination and the agency response to the mandated instrument, including press-mediation flags.

C-0013–C-0014 · SF-0004

Suicide-prevention reach boundary

Validated claims address the 61% VHA-reach boundary and divergent trend layers inside and outside VHA.

C-0015–C-0016 · SF-0005

EHR modernization status

Validated claims state GAO recommendation status and the missing cost-estimate condition as of the dated record, with currency verification required.

C-0017–C-0019 · SF-0006

Community care oversight

Validated claims cover appointment-timeliness standards, network-adequacy methodology, claims-data defects, and growth boundaries.

C-0020–C-0021 · SF-0007

Financial-statement opinion and weaknesses

Validated claims preserve the unmodified opinion alongside named material weaknesses and significant deficiencies.