The Department of Veterans Affairs has selected the Providence, R.I., regional benefits office as the first site for testing a new paperless claims processing system. If the pilot works as hoped, VA officials hope to speed payment of compensation and benefits to veterans and beneficiaries. The new system will focus initially on compensation benefits when it gets started in November. The program will eventually expand to all VA regional offices. VA Secretary Eric K. Shinseki has set a goal of reducing the wait for claims processing to 125 days, with a 98-percent accuracy rate, by 2015.