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Extension of increased dependency and indemnity compensation to surviving spouses of veterans who die from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (a) Extension Section 1311(a)(2) of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (1) by inserting
Improvements to processing and outreach regarding claims involving military sexual trauma
Notice and opportunity to supply evidence The Secretary may not deny a claim of a veteran for compensation under this chapter for military sexual trauma without first— (1) advising the veteran of the evidence that ... contact The Secretary shall ensure that each document provided to a veteran relating to a claim for compensation under this chapter for a military sexual trauma includes contact information for an appropriate point of contact
Sharri Briley and Eric Edmundson Veterans Benefits Expansion Act of 2026
Briley and Eric Edmundson Veterans Benefits Expansion Act of 2026 (a) Increase in rates of certain disability compensation and dependency and indemnity compensation under laws administered by Secretary of Veterans Affairs (1) Increase to rates ... wartime disability compensation (A) In general Section 1114 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: (u) In the case of a veteran eligible
Major Richard Star Act
under chapter 61 of this title and is also entitled for that month to veterans’ disability compensation under title 38, is entitled to be paid both without regard to sections 5304 and 5305 of title ... member had not been retired under chapter 61 of this title; and (ii) veterans’ disability compensation under title 38. (C) Disability retirees with less than 20 years of service In the case of a member
Establishment of Veterans Health Administration Policy Advisory Commission
Defense. (3) Ethical disclosure A member of the Commission shall be considered an employee of Congress whose compensation is disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate for purposes of applying subchapter I of chapter ... Secretary. (g) Powers of Commission (1) In general The Commission may— (A) employ and fix the compensation: (i) of an Executive Director (at a rate of pay not greater than that provided for level
Plan for use of automation tools to process claims under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs
Automation tool described An automation tool described in this subsection is a technology developed for the Compensation Service of the Veterans Benefits Administration that— (1) automates the retrieval of the service record or health records ... plan required under subsection (a), the Secretary shall give priority to the following elements: (1) The Compensation Service. (2) The Pension and Fiduciary Service of the Veterans Benefits Administration. (3) The Education Service
Research on health conditions of descendants of toxic-exposed veterans
Prohibition on expansion of services Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize the expansion of compensation or healthcare benefits furnished by the Department to the descendants of members of the Armed Forces ... expansion of services No information collected by this program shall be used to inform the expansion of compensation or healthcare benefits furnished by the Department to the descendants of members of the Armed Forces, unless
Reforms relating to Department of Veterans Affairs disability ratings
Code, as follows: (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), tinnitus may not be assigned a separate compensable disability rating. (2) A grade of disability of 10 percent shall be assigned for tinnitus only when ... pursuant to this section may not serve as the basis for reducing, discontinuing, or otherwise adversely affecting compensation that was in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of this
Improvements to Transition Assistance Program and Skillbridge
occur. (D) The number of members who receive such preseparation counseling and apply for unemployment compensation under subchapter II of chapter 85 of title 5, United States Code. (E) The total amount of such unemployment ... compensation paid to members separating from the Armed Forces. (F) The frequency with which the commander of the military installation received a briefing regarding attendance of members in accordance with statutory requirements of the Transition
Improvements to temporary licensure requirements for contract health care professionals who perform medical disability examinations for the Department of Veterans Affairs
Veterans Benefits Administration and information technology systems from amounts available to the Secretary for payment of compensation and pensions. (4) Mechanism for transmittal of evidence introduced by applicants during examinations The Secretary shall establish
Agreements between medical facilities of Department of Veterans Affairs and rural medical facilities
best practices, developed for such agreements and the Department more broadly; (D) the number of veterans receiving compensation from the Department for a service-connected disability, disaggregated by region, compared to the previous 5-year
Modification of authority of licensure of health care professionals providing treatment via telemedicine
similar authority under the laws administered by the Secretary. (B) A health care professional conducting disability compensation evaluations pursuant to a contract with the Department. ; (3) in subsection (d)— (A) by redesignating paragraph
Love Lives On Act
Love Lives On Act (a) Modification of entitlement to veterans dependency and indemnity compensation for surviving spouses who remarry Section 103(d) of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (1) in paragraph
Veteran participation in certain mental health programs
residential rehabilitation treatment programs on or after such date of enactment; and (iii) does not include— (I) Compensated Work Therapy Transition Residence programs of the Department; or (II) Department or non-Department programs in which
Claims: prohibition on denial solely for certain reason; improved efficiency of adjudications and appeals
section 5103A of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (1) in the heading, by striking compensation claims and inserting claims for benefits ; (2) in paragraph (2), by striking treat an examination or opinion
Access to health care
inserting ; and ; and (iii) by adding at the end the following: (D) submitting a claim for disability compensation to the Veterans Benefits Administration for a disability relating to military sexual trauma. ; and (B) by amending