HR 5892 · 110th Congress · Armed Forces and National Security
Veterans Disability Benefits Claims Modernization Act of 2008
Bill Progress
✓
Introduced✓
Committee✓
House Vote4
Senate5
EnactedLatest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.(2008-07-31)
Recorded Votes
How Did Your Rep Vote?
Enter a ZIP code or representative's name
Plain Language Summary
[AI summary unavailable — showing source text]
Veterans Disability Benefits Claims Modernization Act of 2008 - Revises or adds provisions relating to the disability compensation system of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to: (1) require a study on adjusting the schedule for rating veterans' disabilities; (2) establish the Advisory Committee on Disability Compensation; (3) require a study on the employee work credit system of the VA's Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA); (4) require a study on the VBA's work management system; (5) require the certification and training of VBA employees responsible for processing claims; (6) require an annual independent assessment of the VBA's quality assurance program; (7) provide for the expedited VBA treatment of fully developed claims and a checklist for individuals submitting incomplete claims; (8) require a study of the VBA's need to employ additional medical professionals to act as a medical reference for employees handling claims; (9) provide for the assignment of partial disability ratings to certain veterans; (10) require a review and revision of VBA use of information technology; and (11) allow a claim beneficiary to be substituted as a claimant in the case of the death of a…
Summarized by Claude AI · Non-partisan · For informational purposes only
CBO Cost Estimate
Congressional Budget OfficeH.R. 5892, Veterans Disability Benefits Claims Modernization Act of 2008
Jul 28, 2008<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on April 30, 2008</p>
Full CBO report ↗H.R. 5892, Veterans Disability Benefits Claims Modernization Act of 2008
Jul 28, 2008Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on April 30, 2008
Full CBO report ↗Official non-partisan budget analysis by the Congressional Budget Office
Cosponsors (20)
20 Democrats