This bill tells the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to give Congress a report within six months. The report must explain why there’s a backlog of disability benefit appeals, how the VA can give more information and tools to service members and their spouses in the Transition Assistance Program, and what management problems are hurting the VA’s lowest-rated (“one-star”) health care systems .

Key points

• Who is affected: Veterans waiting on disability appeals; service members and their spouses leaving the military; patients using VA health systems with low performance ratings.
• What changes: The VA must create a detailed report on the appeal backlog, better support for the Transition Assistance Program, and problems in one-star VA health care systems .
• When: The report is due no later than 180 days after the law takes effect.