Summary

Requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide annual, experience‑tailored sensitivity training for any VA employee who processes, communicates about, or decides claims based on military sexual trauma (MST). Expands the VA’s duty to assist MST claimants by explicitly requiring the VA to obtain the claimant’s service personnel record and service medical record, and requires near‑term reports on existing training and implementation plans, including training for contracted examiners and schedulers and steps to avoid retraumatization during exams.

• Requires annual, role‑tailored sensitivity training for all VA employees who handle MST claims.
• Training must be updated at least once every year.
• Explicitly requires VA to obtain a claimant’s service personnel record and service medical record when assisting MST claims.
• Mandates a 90‑day report to congressional veterans’ committees on past training and plans to implement the new requirements.
• Requires a 90‑day report on sensitivity training for contracted examiners and schedulers, including plans to avoid retraumatization during exams.
• Does not specify new funding in the text provided.
• Strengthens procedural support for MST claimants by lowering evidentiary barriers through required records retrieval.
• Imposes additional administrative duties on VA staff and may increase coordination with military record custodians.