3.0.0 2870 2017-12-15T00:03:06Z 2017-12-15T00:03:06Z Senate S S 2008-04-16 110 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-04-16T18:12:00Z Veterans Disability Fairness Act 110 5709 HR 2008-06-12 Subcommittee Hearings Held. Identical bill CRS 2008-04-16 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2008-04-16 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH N Armed Forces and National Security Administrative remedies Auditing Disability evaluation Disabled Law Veterans' disability compensation Armed Forces and National Security 00 2008-04-16 Introduced in Senate 2008-06-17T21:02:21Z Veterans Disability Fairness Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in order to carry out the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) quality assurance program with respect to the administration of veterans' disability compensation, to ensure the accuracy and consistency across VA offices of the treatment of claims for disability compensation, including disability rating determinations and whether a disability is service-connected.

Requires the Secretary to conduct reviews and audits, at least annually, to identify and correct any inaccuracies or inconsistencies in disability ratings and the adjudication of disability compensation claims by VA regional offices and employees responsible for such ratings or adjudications.

]]> Veterans Disability Fairness Act Short Titles as Introduced Veterans Disability Fairness Act Display Title Veterans Disability Fairness Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out quality assurance activities with respect to the administration of disability compensation, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2008-04-16T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s2870is/xml/BILLS-110s2870is.xml 2008-04-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.