Protecting Veteran’s Claim Options Act
Sponsored By: Representative Bost
In Committee
Summary
Keeps veterans' supplemental claims from being denied just because they did not submit new evidence. It would also give claimants 90 days to add evidence after a remand and extend a pension payment cutoff to January 30, 2035.
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- Veterans and claimants: Prevents the Board from denying a supplemental claim solely because the claimant did not present new and relevant evidence.
- People with appeals remanded by the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims: Limits the Board's record to evidence already considered while giving the appellant and their representative a 90-day window after remand to submit new evidence for the Board's first review.
- Pension recipients: Extends the statutory date that limits certain pension payments from November 30, 2031 to January 30, 2035.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 1 costs, 1 mixed.
New VA appeals rules for veterans
If enacted, the Board of Veterans’ Appeals would face two new rules. First, if you appeal a decision on a supplemental claim, the Board could not deny your appeal just because you did not submit new evidence. Second, if the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims sends your case back, the Board would mostly use the evidence it already has. You and your representative could add new evidence within 90 days after the remand, and the Board would have to review it.
VA pension limit extended to 2035
If enacted, this would keep an existing limit on some VA pension payments in place until January 30, 2035. Today, that date is November 30, 2031. This would only affect pension recipients who are already subject to that legal limit.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Bost
IL • R
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
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