3.0.0 3419 2017-12-15T00:37:55Z 2017-12-15T00:37:55Z Senate S S 2008-08-01 110 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-08-01T15:04:42Z Veterans Disability Benefits Claims Modernization Act of 2008 110 5892 HR 2008-07-31 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Related bill CRS 2008-08-01 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2008-08-01 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001041 Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] HILLARY CLINTON D NY R N S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2008-08-01 True L000035 Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR] BLANCHE LINCOLN D AR LAMBERT 2008-09-25 False Armed Forces and National Security Administrative remedies Appellate courts Claims Congress Congressional reporting requirements Courts of special jurisdiction Department of Veterans Affairs Disability evaluation Disabled Employee training Federal advisory bodies Federal employees Government Operations and Politics Governmental investigations Health Information technology Jurisdiction Labor and Employment Law Medical personnel Parties to actions Productivity in government Recruiting of employees Science, Technology, Communications Veterans' benefits Veterans' disability compensation Armed Forces and National Security 00 2008-08-01 Introduced in Senate 2008-10-29T21:16:51Z Veterans Disability Benefits Claims Modernization Act of 2008 - Revises or adds provisions relating to the disability compensation system of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to: (1) establish in the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) an Office of Survivors Assistance to provide assistance to veterans' survivors and dependents regarding VA benefits and services; (2) require a study on adjusting the schedule for rating veterans' disabilities; (3) establish the Advisory Committee on Disability Compensation; (4) require a study on the employee work credit system of the VBA; (5) require a study on the VBA's work management system; (6) require the certification and training of VBA employees responsible for processing claims; (7) require an annual independent assessment of the VBA's quality assurance program; (8) provide for the expedited VBA treatment of fully developed claims and a checklist for individuals submitting incomplete claims; (9) require a study of the VBA's need to employ additional medical professionals to act as a medical reference for employees handling claims; (10) provide for the assignment of partial disability ratings to certain veterans; (11) require a review and revision of VBA use of information technology; and (12) allow a claim beneficiary to be substituted as a claimant in the case of the death of a veteran claimant while a claim is awaiting adjudication or appeal.

Requires the Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims to report annually to the congressional veterans' committees on the Court's workload.

Revises provisions concerning the jurisdiction and finality of decisions of the Court.

]]> Veterans Disability Benefits Claims Modernization Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced Veterans Disability Benefits Claims Modernization Act of 2008 Display Title Veterans Disability Benefits Claims Modernization Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to modernize the disability benefits claims processing system of the Department of Veterans Affairs to ensure the accurate and timely delivery of compensation to veterans and their families and survivors, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2008-08-01T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s3419is/xml/BILLS-110s3419is.xml 2008-08-01 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.