U.S. Federal Government (non-Defense) / Department of Veterans Affairs / Veterans Claims Examining

Job-title file

Veterans Claims Examining

Carry out the duties of this position in support of the agency's public mission.

20,179 employees hold this title in Department of Veterans Affairs. Median total compensation for the role is $78,684, below the department median of $88,751.

Employees: 20,179
Total payroll: $1.7B
Role median: $78,684
Agency median: $88,751
Comparison: Below

What the records show

Role pay distribution

Pay distribution for this role

$0$134,435+

Hover a bar for its range; click to filter the list below.

How total compensation varies among the 20,179 people in this role. Even for one job title, pay differs with seniority, step, overtime, and tenure. Each bar is a pay range; the far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Compared with the local labor market

Veterans Claims Examining pay vs. the United States

Across all employers in the United States, the median wage for Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators — about 324,230 people — is $78,000. Department of Veterans Affairs pays a median base salary of $78,309 for this role, in line with that figure — about the 50th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where Department of Veterans Affairs sits in the local pay range

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$48,850

$61,160

$78,000

$98,030

$117,040

Department of Veterans Affairs median · $78,309

The bar is the range of annual wages for Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators across every employer in the United States, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Department of Veterans Affairs’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.

Computed over the 19,875 of 20,179 people in this role paid at least $25,000 in base salary. The rest are part-year or part-time records, whose actual pay isn’t comparable to a full-time annual wage.

Median total compensation for this role at Department of Veterans Affairs is $78,684, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.

Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.

Compare departments

This role across U.S. Federal Government (non-Defense)

Veterans Claims Examining is held in 2 U.S. Federal Government (non-Defense) departments. In Department of Veterans Affairs, the median of $78,684 ranks #2 of 2.

Highest-paying departments for this role

Department of Homeland Security

$99,315 · 1

Median total compensation for the Veterans Claims Examining role in other U.S. Federal Government (non-Defense)departments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.

Record list

Employees with this title

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Lavawn Green

Veterans Claims Examining/Department of Veterans Affairs

2024 total comp

$121,209

Sub-department: Veterans Benefits Administration
Base pay: $121,209
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $121,209
Pay grade: 12
Work city: Philadelphia
Work county: Philadelphia
Work state: Pennsylvania

Source-specific fields

Adjusted Basic Pay (incl. locality): $121,209
Basic Pay (before locality): $94,289
Country: United States
Duty Station Code: 426540101
Length of Service (Years): 18
Occupation Code (OPM): 0996
Pay Plan (OPM): GS

Lavawn Green holds the role of Veterans Claims Examining at Department of Veterans Affairs based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In 2024, their total compensation was $121,209. Their pay grade is 12.

Kelly Lawrence

Veterans Claims Examining/Department of Veterans Affairs

2024 total comp

$121,209

Sub-department: Veterans Benefits Administration
Base pay: $121,209
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $121,209
Pay grade: 12
Work city: Philadelphia
Work county: Philadelphia
Work state: Pennsylvania

Source-specific fields

Adjusted Basic Pay (incl. locality): $121,209
Basic Pay (before locality): $94,289
Country: United States
Duty Station Code: 426540101
Length of Service (Years): 31
Occupation Code (OPM): 0996
Pay Plan (OPM): GS

Kelly Lawrence works as a Veterans Claims Examining for Department of Veterans Affairs based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Kelly earned $121,209 in 2024. Their pay grade is 12.

Kathleen Layfield

Veterans Claims Examining/Department of Veterans Affairs

2024 total comp

$121,209

Sub-department: Veterans Benefits Administration
Base pay: $121,209
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $121,209
Pay grade: 12
Work city: Wilmington
Work county: New Castle
Work state: Delaware

Source-specific fields

Adjusted Basic Pay (incl. locality): $121,209
Basic Pay (before locality): $94,289
Country: United States
Duty Station Code: 100490003
Length of Service (Years): 53
Occupation Code (OPM): 0996
Pay Plan (OPM): GS

Kathleen Layfield holds the role of Veterans Claims Examining at Department of Veterans Affairs based in Wilmington, Delaware. In 2024, their total compensation was $121,209. Their pay grade is 12.

Carl Manulkin

Veterans Claims Examining/Department of Veterans Affairs

2024 total comp

$121,209

Sub-department: Veterans Benefits Administration
Base pay: $121,209
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $121,209
Pay grade: 12
Work city: Philadelphia
Work county: Philadelphia
Work state: Pennsylvania

Source-specific fields

Adjusted Basic Pay (incl. locality): $121,209
Basic Pay (before locality): $94,289
Country: United States
Duty Station Code: 426540101
Length of Service (Years): 23
Occupation Code (OPM): 0996
Pay Plan (OPM): GS

Carl Manulkin works as a Veterans Claims Examining for Department of Veterans Affairs based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Carl earned $121,209 in 2024. Their pay grade is 12.

Nicholas Kresho

Veterans Claims Examining/Department of Veterans Affairs

2024 total comp

$121,171

Sub-department: Veterans Benefits Administration
Base pay: $121,171
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $121,171
Pay grade: 13
Work city: Pittsburgh
Work county: Allegheny
Work state: Pennsylvania

Source-specific fields

Adjusted Basic Pay (incl. locality): $121,171
Basic Pay (before locality): $100,324
Country: United States
Duty Station Code: 426600003
Length of Service (Years): 14
Occupation Code (OPM): 0996
Pay Plan (OPM): GS

Nicholas Kresho is a Veterans Claims Examining at Department of Veterans Affairs based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 2024 total compensation came to $121,171. They are classified at grade 13.

Roy Gebhardt

Veterans Claims Examining/Department of Veterans Affairs

2024 total comp

$121,159

Sub-department: Veterans Benefits Administration
Base pay: $121,159
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $121,159
Pay grade: 12
Work city: Rockport
Work county: Essex
Work state: Massachusetts

Source-specific fields

Adjusted Basic Pay (incl. locality): $121,159
Basic Pay (before locality): $91,808
Country: United States
Duty Station Code: 251090009
Length of Service (Years): 18
Occupation Code (OPM): 0996
Pay Plan (OPM): GS

Roy Gebhardt holds the role of Veterans Claims Examining at Department of Veterans Affairs based in Rockport, Massachusetts. In 2024, their total compensation was $121,159. Their pay grade is 12.

Diane Paratore

Veterans Claims Examining/Department of Veterans Affairs

2024 total comp

$121,159

Sub-department: Veterans Benefits Administration
Base pay: $121,159
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $121,159
Pay grade: 12
Work city: Newton
Work county: Middlesex
Work state: Massachusetts

Source-specific fields

Adjusted Basic Pay (incl. locality): $121,159
Basic Pay (before locality): $91,808
Country: United States
Duty Station Code: 250870017
Length of Service (Years): 18
Occupation Code (OPM): 0996
Pay Plan (OPM): GS

Diane Paratore holds the role of Veterans Claims Examining at Department of Veterans Affairs based in Newton, Massachusetts. In 2024, their total compensation was $121,159. Their pay grade is 12.

Kevin Quinlan

Veterans Claims Examining/Department of Veterans Affairs

2024 total comp

$121,159

Sub-department: Veterans Benefits Administration
Base pay: $121,159
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $121,159
Pay grade: 12
Work city: Providence
Work county: Providence
Work state: Rhode Island

Source-specific fields

Adjusted Basic Pay (incl. locality): $121,159
Basic Pay (before locality): $91,808
Country: United States
Duty Station Code: 440190007
Length of Service (Years): 17
Occupation Code (OPM): 0996
Pay Plan (OPM): GS

Kevin Quinlan is a Veterans Claims Examining at Department of Veterans Affairs based in Providence, Rhode Island. 2024 total compensation came to $121,159. They are classified at grade 12.

Scott Bowen

Veterans Claims Examining/Department of Veterans Affairs

2024 total comp

$121,159

Sub-department: Veterans Benefits Administration
Base pay: $121,159
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $121,159
Pay grade: 12
Work city: Boston
Work county: Suffolk
Work state: Massachusetts

Source-specific fields

Adjusted Basic Pay (incl. locality): $121,159
Basic Pay (before locality): $91,808
Country: United States
Duty Station Code: 250120025
Length of Service (Years): 20
Occupation Code (OPM): 0996
Pay Plan (OPM): GS

Scott Bowen works as a Veterans Claims Examining for Department of Veterans Affairs based in Boston, Massachusetts. Scott earned $121,159 in 2024. Their pay grade is 12.

Trudy Battiest

Veterans Claims Examining/Department of Veterans Affairs

2024 total comp

$121,159

Sub-department: Veterans Benefits Administration
Base pay: $121,159
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $121,159
Pay grade: 12
Work city: Springfield
Work county: Windsor
Work state: Vermont

Source-specific fields

Adjusted Basic Pay (incl. locality): $121,159
Basic Pay (before locality): $91,808
Country: United States
Duty Station Code: 500630027
Length of Service (Years): 13
Occupation Code (OPM): 0996
Pay Plan (OPM): GS

Trudy Battiest is a Veterans Claims Examining at Department of Veterans Affairs based in Springfield, Vermont. 2024 total compensation came to $121,159. They are classified at grade 12.

Susan Gardner

Veterans Claims Examining/Department of Veterans Affairs

2024 total comp

$121,159

Sub-department: Veterans Benefits Administration
Base pay: $121,159
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $121,159
Pay grade: 12
Work city: Boston
Work county: Suffolk
Work state: Massachusetts

Source-specific fields

Adjusted Basic Pay (incl. locality): $121,159
Basic Pay (before locality): $91,808
Country: United States
Duty Station Code: 250120025
Length of Service (Years): 34
Occupation Code (OPM): 0996
Pay Plan (OPM): GS

Susan Gardner is a Veterans Claims Examining at Department of Veterans Affairs based in Boston, Massachusetts. 2024 total compensation came to $121,159. They are classified at grade 12.

Scott Priddle

Veterans Claims Examining/Department of Veterans Affairs

2024 total comp

$121,159

Sub-department: Veterans Benefits Administration
Base pay: $121,159
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $121,159
Pay grade: 12
Work city: Lisbon
Work county: Androscoggin
Work state: Maine

Source-specific fields

Adjusted Basic Pay (incl. locality): $121,159
Basic Pay (before locality): $91,808
Country: United States
Duty Station Code: 234500001
Length of Service (Years): 13
Occupation Code (OPM): 0996
Pay Plan (OPM): GS

Scott Priddle holds the role of Veterans Claims Examining at Department of Veterans Affairs based in Lisbon, Maine. In 2024, their total compensation was $121,159. Their pay grade is 12.

Ashley Harris

Veterans Claims Examining/Department of Veterans Affairs

2024 total comp

$121,159

Sub-department: Veterans Benefits Administration
Base pay: $121,159
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $121,159
Pay grade: 12
Work city: Watertown
Work county: Middlesex
Work state: Massachusetts

Source-specific fields

Adjusted Basic Pay (incl. locality): $121,159
Basic Pay (before locality): $91,808
Country: United States
Duty Station Code: 251375017
Length of Service (Years): 15
Occupation Code (OPM): 0996
Pay Plan (OPM): GS

Ashley Harris works as a Veterans Claims Examining for Department of Veterans Affairs based in Watertown, Massachusetts. Ashley earned $121,159 in 2024. Their pay grade is 12.

Maria Lepre

Veterans Claims Examining/Department of Veterans Affairs

2024 total comp

$121,159

Sub-department: Veterans Benefits Administration
Base pay: $121,159
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $121,159
Pay grade: 12
Work city: Providence
Work county: Providence
Work state: Rhode Island

Source-specific fields

Adjusted Basic Pay (incl. locality): $121,159
Basic Pay (before locality): $91,808
Country: United States
Duty Station Code: 440190007
Length of Service (Years): 30
Occupation Code (OPM): 0996
Pay Plan (OPM): GS

Maria Lepre works as a Veterans Claims Examining for Department of Veterans Affairs based in Providence, Rhode Island. Maria earned $121,159 in 2024. Their pay grade is 12.

Deborah Seymour

Veterans Claims Examining/Department of Veterans Affairs

2024 total comp

$121,159

Sub-department: Veterans Benefits Administration
Base pay: $121,159
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $121,159
Pay grade: 12
Work city: Providence
Work county: Providence
Work state: Rhode Island

Source-specific fields

Adjusted Basic Pay (incl. locality): $121,159
Basic Pay (before locality): $91,808
Country: United States
Duty Station Code: 440190007
Length of Service (Years): 36
Occupation Code (OPM): 0996
Pay Plan (OPM): GS

Deborah Seymour works as a Veterans Claims Examining for Department of Veterans Affairs based in Providence, Rhode Island. Deborah earned $121,159 in 2024. Their pay grade is 12.

Judith Jannitto-Feid

Veterans Claims Examining/Department of Veterans Affairs

2024 total comp

$121,159

Sub-department: Veterans Benefits Administration
Base pay: $121,159
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $121,159
Pay grade: 12
Work city: Providence
Work county: Providence
Work state: Rhode Island

Source-specific fields

Adjusted Basic Pay (incl. locality): $121,159
Basic Pay (before locality): $91,808
Country: United States
Duty Station Code: 440190007
Length of Service (Years): 14
Occupation Code (OPM): 0996
Pay Plan (OPM): GS

Judith Jannitto-Feid works as a Veterans Claims Examining for Department of Veterans Affairs based in Providence, Rhode Island. Judith earned $121,159 in 2024. Their pay grade is 12.

Erik Roehrdanz

Veterans Claims Examining/Department of Veterans Affairs

2024 total comp

$121,151

Sub-department: Veterans Benefits Administration
Base pay: $121,151
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $121,151
Pay grade: 13
Work city: Miami
Work county: Miami-Dade
Work state: Florida

Source-specific fields

Adjusted Basic Pay (incl. locality): $121,151
Basic Pay (before locality): $97,373
Country: United States
Duty Station Code: 122010086
Length of Service (Years): 19
Occupation Code (OPM): 0996
Pay Plan (OPM): GS

Erik Roehrdanz works as a Veterans Claims Examining for Department of Veterans Affairs based in Miami, Florida. Erik earned $121,151 in 2024. Their pay grade is 13.