Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Veterans Benefits Fairness and Transparency Act”.
Veterans Benefits Fairness and Transparency Act
A BILL
To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the ability of veterans to access and submit disability benefit questionnaire forms of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Sec. 2 Publication and acceptance of disability benefit questionnaire forms of Department of Veterans Affairs
Section 5101 of title 38, United States Code, is amended—
by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e); and
by inserting after subsection (c) the following new subsection (d):
“(d)
“(1) The Secretary shall publish in a central location on the internet website of the Department the disability benefit questionnaire form, or such successor form relating to private medical providers submitting evidence regarding a disability of a claimant.
“(2) Subject to section 6103 of this title, if the Secretary modifies the form described in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall accept the previous version of the form filed by a claimant if—
“(A) the claimant files such form during the one-year period following the date of such modification; and
“(B) the form is signed and dated by the private medical provider and is otherwise complete and valid.”