Review Every Veterans Claim Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2137 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2137

 To amend title 38, United States Code, to limit the authority of the
   Secretary of Veterans Affairs to deny the claim of a veteran for
  benefits under the laws administered by such Secretary on the sole
  basis that such veteran failed to appear for a medical examination
                      associated with such claim.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 14, 2025

 Mr. Luttrell (for himself, Mr. McGarvey, Mr. Weber of Texas, and Mr.
   Pfluger) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
                     Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL

 To amend title 38, United States Code, to limit the authority of the
   Secretary of Veterans Affairs to deny the claim of a veteran for
  benefits under the laws administered by such Secretary on the sole
  basis that such veteran failed to appear for a medical examination
                      associated with such claim.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Review Every Veterans Claim Act of
2025''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON DENIAL OF CLAIMS FOR BENEFITS UNDER LAWS
              ADMINISTERED BY SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS ON SOLE
              BASIS THAT VETERAN FAILED TO APPEAR FOR CERTAIN MEDICAL
              EXAMINATION.

    Subsection (d) of section 5103A of title 38, United States Code, is
amended--
            (1) in the heading, by striking ``Compensation Claims'' and
        inserting ``Claims for Benefits'';
            (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``treat an examination or
        opinion as being necessary to make a decision on a claim for
        purposes of'' and inserting ``provide for a medical examination
        or obtain a medical opinion under''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
    ``(3) If a veteran fails to appear for a medical examination
provided by the Secretary in conjunction with a claim for a benefit
under a law administered by the Secretary, the Secretary may not deny
such claim on the sole basis that such veteran failed to appear for
such medical examination.''.
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