# 119-hr-3983: Veterans Claims Quality Improvement Act of 2025

119-hr-3983, Veterans Claims Quality Improvement Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Luttrell, Morgan [R-TX-8] (R-TX); status in_committee; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-3983
- Congress: 119
- Title: Veterans Claims Quality Improvement Act of 2025
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2025-06-12
- Sponsor: Rep. Luttrell, Morgan [R-TX-8] (R-TX)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-21

## Summary

**Boosts the quality of veterans appeals decisions** by forcing new quality controls, training, clearer Office of General Counsel guidance, and faster correction of avoidable errors. It focuses on reducing unnecessary remands and improving consistency across Board rulings. - Veterans and families will get clearer and more consistent decisions because the Board must track decision errors, report common remand reasons annually, and try to correct identified errors before issuing final decisions. - Board members and drafting employees face a new quality assurance program, annual performance reviews for covered employees, and a required training program with yearly effectiveness checks. - The Office of General Counsel must study inconsistent opinions and report which issues it will publish formal guidance on, with a timeline for publication within one year. - VA leaders must build tech and policies so staff in the National Work Queue are notified of avoidable deferrals within one year and must deliver a six-month plan and report to reduce unnecessary remands.

## Cosponsors (2)

- Rep. Valadao, David G. [R-CA-22] (R-CA), 2025-06-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Obernolte, Jay [R-CA-23] (R-CA), 2026-03-04T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Alerts for avoidable VA claim deferrals: benefit, low. If enacted, within one year VA would build policies and tools to alert staff when they make an avoidable deferral on a claim in the National Work Queue. Each employee would be told about any avoidable deferrals they make on the same claim. The bill does not specify the exact technology to use.
- Clearer remands and stronger Board quality checks: benefit, low. If enacted, the Board of Veterans’ Appeals would run a stronger quality program to track and fix errors. It would measure decision quality, use technology (including AI) to spot trends, and try to correct errors before final decisions. When a case is remanded, the Board would need to state the exac…
- Training and fair reviews for Board staff: benefit, low. If enacted, VA would set up training for Board Members on making appeals decisions that are timely and correct. The training would use feedback from Members and decision drafters, error data, and lessons from court remands. VA would check how well the training works each year and report to Congress…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-9237: Take Care of America’s Veterans Act
- 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-hr-842: Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act
- 119-hr-404: Hearing Protection Act
- 119-hr-1422: Enhanced Iran Sanctions Act of 2025
- 119-hr-3694: VALID Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-hr-3983 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3983)

## Related
- [119-hr-9237: Take Care of America’s Veterans Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9237)
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-842: Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage A…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-842)
- [119-hr-404: Hearing Protection Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-404)
- [119-hr-1422: Enhanced Iran Sanctions Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1422)
- [119-hr-3694: VALID Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3694)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3983 (as of 2026-09-21).