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Veteran Appeals Transparency Act of 2025
This bill requires the Board of Veterans Appeals to publish a weekly notice of the docket dates of the cases assigned to a board member for a decision that week. The requirement does not apply to cases that have been advanced or remanded. The notice must include a statement that a case assignment appearing on the notice does not require the board to issue a decision regarding the case during that week.
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Rep. Self, Keith [R-TX-3] · R–TX
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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Based on the full Introduced in House · 2025-02-27 text. This explanation has not received human editorial review. This overview describes the proposal’s major provisions; it does not establish what its real-world effects would be.
The proposed Veteran Appeals Transparency Act of 2025 would require the Board of Veterans’ Appeals to publish weekly online notices showing docket dates for cases assigned to a Board member for a decision that week. Assignment would not guarantee a decision that week. The publication requirement would exclude cases advanced under an existing provision and cases sent back by the veterans claims appeals court.
This Act may be cited as the Veteran Appeals Transparency Act of 2025.
(1) On a weekly basis, for each docket, the Board shall publish, on a website of the Department, notice of the docket dates of the cases assigned to a Board member for a decision for that week. (2) Each notice published under paragraph (1) shall include a statement that an assignment described in such paragraph does not require the Board to issue a decision regarding the case during such week. (3) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to a case— (A) that has been advanced under subsection (b); or (B) remanded by the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims.
The bill would add a subsection to section 7107 of title 38 requiring weekly publication on a Department website. For each docket—a list of cases—the notice would report the docket dates of cases assigned to a Board member for a decision that week.
Section 7107 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: (f) Publication of expected actions (1) On a weekly basis, for each docket, the Board shall publish, on a website of the Department, notice of the docket dates of the cases assigned to a Board member for a decision for that week.
Every notice would have to explain that assigning a case for a decision does not require the Board to decide it during that week.
(2) Each notice published under paragraph (1) shall include a statement that an assignment described in such paragraph does not require the Board to issue a decision regarding the case during such week.
The weekly publication requirement would not apply to cases advanced under existing subsection (b). The supplied bill does not reproduce that subsection's eligibility rules.
(3) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to a case— (A) that has been advanced under subsection (b);
The weekly publication requirement would also exclude cases remanded—sent back for further proceedings—by the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims.
(3) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to a case— (A) that has been advanced under subsection (b); or (B) remanded by the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims.
The supplied actions snapshot, updated October 15, 2026, records introduction and referral to the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on February 27, 2025, followed by referral to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs on March 27, 2025.
Source snapshot updated 2026-10-15T13:41:18Z. 2025-03-27: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs. 2025-02-27: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 2025-02-27: Introduced in House
A closer look
Reviewed version: Introduced in House · 2025-02-27. These findings describe provisions and who may benefit; they are not judgments of waste, corruption, or motive.
This review covers the supplied bill text. “None identified” does not rule out provisions in later versions or accompanying reports and disclosures.
Provisions outside the bill’s main subject, or policy changes attached to appropriations.
None identified in the reviewed text
No unrelated provision or policy change attached to appropriations was identified in the complete supplied introduced text. This conclusion does not extend to other versions or accompanying materials.
Spending directed to particular recipients or places outside ordinary competitive or formula-based allocation.
None identified in the reviewed text
No congressionally directed spending for particular recipients or places was identified in the complete supplied introduced text. Other versions and any earmark disclosures or committee materials are outside the supplied evidence.
Narrow exceptions, exemptions, or preferential treatment that warrant a closer look.
None identified in the reviewed text
No materially narrow preferential benefit was identified in the complete supplied introduced text. The procedural publication exceptions do not establish such a benefit. This conclusion is limited to this text version.
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