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118THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 196
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to modify the information tech-
nology systems of the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide for
the automatic processing of claims for certain temporary disability rat-
ings, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY9, 2023
Mr. R
OSENDALEintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
A BILL
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to modify the
information technology systems of the Department of
Veterans Affairs to provide for the automatic processing
of claims for certain temporary disability ratings, and
for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Expediting Temporary 4
Ratings for Veterans Act’’. 5
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SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS AUTOMATIC 1
PROCESSING OF CERTAIN CLAIMS FOR TEM-2
PORARY DISABILITY RATINGS. 3
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Not later than one year after the 4
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Vet-5
erans Affairs shall modify the information technology sys-6
tems of the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide for 7
the automatic processing of claims for temporary disability 8
ratings for veterans described in section 1156(a)(1)(C) of 9
title 38, United States Code. 10
(b) A
DDITIONALREQUIREMENTS.—In providing for 11
the automatic processing of claims as required under sub-12
section (a), the Secretary shall ensure that— 13
(1) medical evidence is obtained from the cor-14
porate data warehouse of the Department; 15
(2) employees of the Department continue to 16
determine whether a veteran is eligible for a tem-17
porary disability rating under section 1156(a)(1)(C) 18
of title 38, United States Code; and 19
(3) claims may be processed manually if the 20
evidence of record is not sufficient to decide the 21
claim or if the medical evidence is provided in a for-22
mat that is not compatible with the system devel-23
oped under subsection (a). 24
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