Well, I will certainly encourage veterans to do that, but I can tell you that this is a problem that is affecting many veterans. We've heard often in this committee about sanctuary trauma. This is another example of that sanctuary trauma. Your government is imposing these kinds of things on veterans, and they're having massive impacts on their mental health. I certainly hope it won't lead to another veteran suicide, because that is the kind of concern I'm hearing out there.
Let me turn to something else. This is in regard to your plans to move to utilization of AI in processing veterans' claims. The government's own algorithmic impact assessment says that the new AI system will apply consistency, compliance and financial efficiency filters. That means that's coming before human review.
We already hear from many veterans who say there isn't enough humanization in Veterans Affairs. Can you explain in plain language to this committee and to veterans how what you're looking to do differs from the idea of an automated denial of benefits?
