3.0.0 1635 2025-12-05T08:53:12Z 2025-12-05T08:53:12Z Senate S S 2023-05-17 118 https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/1635 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred To 2023-05-17T15:21:40Z 118 3718 HR 2023-06-12 Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs. Identical bill CRS 2023-05-17 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2023-05-17 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN N R000605 Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD] Mike Rounds R SD 2023-05-17 True C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2023-07-19 False C001113 Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] Catherine Cortez Masto D NV 2023-07-19 False Armed Forces and National Security Department of Veterans Affairs 2024-02-27T14:15:53Z Disability assistance 2024-02-27T14:15:53Z Employment and training programs 2024-02-27T14:15:53Z Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management 2024-02-27T14:15:53Z Government studies and investigations 2024-02-27T14:15:53Z Mental health 2024-02-27T14:15:53Z Neurological disorders 2024-02-27T14:15:53Z Veterans' medical care 2024-02-27T14:15:53Z Veterans' pensions and compensation 2024-02-27T14:15:53Z Armed Forces and National Security 2023-06-09T15:30:27Z

00 2023-05-17 Introduced in Senate 2023-07-18T10:12:32Z <p><strong>Department of Veterans Affairs Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Processing Claims Improvement Act of 2023</strong></p> <p>This bill requires the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) within the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to update an ongoing, national training program for claims processors who review compensation claims for service-connected post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Such claims processors will be required to participate in the training at least once a year starting in their second year of being a VA claims processor.</p> <p>The training program must be standardized at regional offices of the VBA and include instruction on stressor development and verification.</p> <p>The VBA must establish a formal process to annually analyze training needs based on identified processing error trends. Additionally, the VBA must establish a formal process to conduct annual studies to help guide the national training program for claims processors.</p> <p>Finally, the VBA must evaluate the guidance relating to PTSD to determine if updates are warranted to provide claims processors with better resources regarding best practices for claims processing, including specific guidance regarding development of claims involving compensation for service-connected PTSD.<br> </p>

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