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FRAUD in VA Disability Exams Act of 2025
To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to identify and report instances of disability benefit questionnaire fraud, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to identify and report instances of fraudulent disability benefit questionnaires submitted to the VA. The VA must establish a process for claim processors to identify suspected fraud and conduct recurring audits of all disability questionnaires. The VA must notify individuals whose questionnaires raise suspicion of fraud. The VA Inspector General may use federal inspector general authorities to investigate suspected fraud. The Secretary cannot change a benefits decision based on a fraud investigation unless the individual was convicted of fraud by a court, and must submit annual reports to Congress on fraud identification efforts.
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Sponsor (1)
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Richard Blumenthal’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT $9,500
- FREEPOINT COMMODITIES LLC $6,600
- ALIX PARTNERS $6,600
- PALANTIR $6,600
- KRUX INC. $6,600
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Richard Blumenthal → · Outside spending →
Actions (3)
- Apr 29, 2026 Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. · senate
- Oct 9, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. · senate
- Oct 9, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
October 9, 2025
Mr. Blumenthal introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
A BILL
To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to identify and report instances of disability benefit questionnaire fraud, 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 “Fraud Reduction And Uncovering Deception in Department of Veterans Affairs Disability Exams Act of 2025” or the “FRAUD in VA Disability Exams Act of 2025”.
SEC. 2. IDENTIFICATION AND REPORTING OF VETERANS DISABILITY BENEFIT QUESTIONNAIRE FRAUD.
(a) In General.—The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall—
(1) carry out actions to identify fraudulent activity relating to the submittal of disability benefit questionnaire data to the Secretary, without regard to the origin of the questionnaires; and
(2) transmit to appropriate investigatory bodies, including the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Veterans Affairs, reports of suspected activity identified pursuant to paragraph (1).
(b) Requirements.—Actions carried out pursuant to paragraph (1) of subsection (a) shall include the following:
(1) Establishment of a process for claim processors of the Department to identify instances of disability benefit questionnaire fraud and to transmit reports of suspected fraud as described in paragraph (2) of such subsection.
(2) Establishment of a recurring audit of disability benefit questionnaires submitted to the Secretary, without regard to the origin of the questionnaires.
(3) Informing individuals who have applied for, or submitted a claim for, a benefit under a law administered by the Secretary when their disability benefit questionnaires have raised suspicion of fraud.
(c) Authority of Inspector General of the Department of Veterans Affairs.—The Inspector General of the Department of Veterans Affairs may use any authority applicable to an inspector general of the Federal Government not otherwise available to the Inspector General that the Inspector General considers necessary to investigate suspected activity identified pursuant to subsection (a)(1).
(d) Limitation.—The Secretary may not reopen or change a decision of the Department regarding an application from an individual for, or claim of the individual for, a benefit under a law administered by the Secretary pursuant to an investigation carried out under subsection
(c), except in a case in which, pursuant to such investigation, the individual has been convicted by a court of competent jurisdiction of fraud.
(e) Annual Report to Congress.—Not less frequently than once each year, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives a report on the administration of subsections (a) and
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