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Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to collect more and better data, issue new reports, and adopt procedures and technology to speed and improve handling of veterans’ benefit claims and appeals. It adds specific reporting on remands, motions, and dismissals; mandates case-tracking with technology; creates rules to advance and aggregate appeals; expands certain court jurisdiction; and orders studies and an independent assessment on whether the Board should have precedential authority, with multiple deadlines measured from enactment.
Adds a new subsection (b) requiring annual report on lengths of remanded claims and other dispositions; modifies formatting of section (replaces 'The Secretary' with 'In general.—')
Adds new section 5109C requiring tracking and maintenance of information (including timeliness) on specified categories of claims, and an annual report; adds corresponding table of sections entry
Inserts authority for the Board to aggregate certain claims (new sentence) and adds subsections ensuring substantial compliance with remand decisions, definitions of 'aggregate', and periodic aggregation reports
Redesignates subsections (b) and (c) as (d) and (e) and adds new subsections expanding Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims jurisdiction for class-certification related supplemental jurisdiction, tolling and limited remand authority and rulemaking requirements
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Introduced June 9, 2025 by Mike Bost · Last progress June 9, 2025
Subcommittee Hearings Held
Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Introduced in House