HR 3834
Advanced toward a vote
Bars the Board of Veterans' Appeals from denying supplemental claims solely for lack of new and relevant evidence, limits remanded appeals to the evidence the Board already reviewed with a 90-day window for new submissions, and pushes back a pension payment limit date to January 30, 2035.
Official title: Protecting Veteran’s Claim Options Act
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House
Introduced
09-JUN-2025
Referred
09-JUN-2025
Approved by committee
23-JUL-2025
Reported
21-OCT-2025
On the calendar
21-OCT-2025
- Bars the Board from denying relief on a supplemental claim solely because the appellant did not present or secure new and relevant evidence.
- Limits the evidentiary record in cases remanded by the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims to evidence the Board previously considered.
- Lets the appellant and any representative submit evidence within 90 days after such a remand, which the Board must consider first.
- Replaces the November 30, 2031 end date in the pension payment limit in section 5503(d)(7) of title 38 with January 30, 2035.
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