S. 706
Referred to CommitteeQuicker Veterans Benefits Delivery Act of 2017
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
3/23/2017 • Senate
Summary
Quicker Veterans Benefits Delivery Act of 2017
This bill requires (current law authorizes) the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to accept, for purposes of establishing a claim for veterans disability benefits, a report of a medical examination administered by a private physician without requiring confirmation by a Veterans Health Administration physician if the report is sufficiently complete (defined as competent, credible, probative, and containing such information as required to make a decision on the claim for which the report is provided).
The VA is required to submit: (1) a report on the progress of the VA's Acceptable Clinical Evidence initiative in reducing the necessity for in-person disability examinations, and (2) an annual report for each VA regional office regarding claims for which private medical evidence was determined to be unacceptable.
Introduced in Senate • 3/23/2017
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Originated in the Senate
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March 23, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
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