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Board of Veterans Appeals Annual Report Transparency Act of 2025
To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Board of Veterans' Appeals to include in its annual report an identification of the factors contributing to untimely disposition and remand of appeals, and for other purposes.
Summary
The bill amends the Board of Veterans' Appeals annual reporting requirements by requiring the Board Chairman to identify factors contributing to cases that are not disposed of in a timely manner and cases that are remanded. For cases pending before the Board under the new appeals system that are not timely disposed of by the end of the year, the Chairman must identify each contributing factor and report the number and percentage of cases affected by each factor. For cases pending before the Board during the year that are remanded, the Chairman must similarly identify contributing factors and report the number and percentage of remanded cases affected by each factor, covering both the new and legacy appeals systems. The bill requires this additional transparency information to be included in the Board's annual report to Congress. The amendments apply to annual reports submitted after the bill's enactment.
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Sponsor (1)
- Rep. Self, Keith [R-TX-3] (R-TX)
Actions (8)
- May 14, 2026 Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote. · house
- May 14, 2026 Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held · house
- Mar 26, 2026 Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote. · house
- Mar 26, 2026 Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held · house
- Feb 3, 2026 Subcommittee Hearings Held · house
- Jan 15, 2026 Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs. · house
- Dec 12, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. · house
- Dec 12, 2025 Introduced in House
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Full text
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
December 12, 2025
Mr. Self introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
A BILL
To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Board of Veterans’ Appeals to include in its annual report an identification of the factors contributing to untimely disposition and remand of appeals, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Board of Veterans Appeals Annual Report Transparency Act of 2025”.
SEC. 2. IDENTIFICATION OF FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO UNTIMELY DISPOSITION AND REMAND OF APPEALS.
Section 7101(d) of title 38, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in paragraph (2)(F) by striking “and” at the end;
(2) in paragraph (2)(G) by striking the period at the end and inserting “; and”; and
(3) in paragraph (2) by adding at the end the following:
“(H) with respect to cases pending before the Board under the new appeals system (as defined in section 6 of the Veterans Appeals Improvement and Modernization Act of 2017 (Public Law 115-55; 131 Stat. 1127)) during that year that were not disposed of in a timely manner (as required by section 7101(a) of this title) by the end of that year, an identification by the Chairman of the factors contributing to the untimely disposition of such cases and, for each factor so identified, the number and percentage of such cases to which that factor contributed; and
“(I) with respect to cases pending before the Board (whether under the new or legacy appeals system) during that year that were remanded during that year, an identification by the Chairman of the factors contributing to the remand of such cases and, for each factor so identified, the number and percentage of such cases to which that factor contributed.”. <all>
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