---
kind: "section"
citation: "38 U.S.C. § 7732A"
title: "38"
title_heading: "Veterans’ Benefits"
number: "7732A"
heading: "Employee certification"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/38/7732A"
units:
  - "Part V — Boards, Administrations, and Services"
  - "Chapter 77 — Veterans Benefits Administration"
  - "Subchapter II — Quality Assurance"
---

# §7732A. Employee certification

- (a) **Development of Certification Examination.—**
  - (1) The [Secretary](/usc/38/101.md?p=1) shall provide for an examination of appropriate employees and managers of the [Veterans](/usc/38/101.md?p=2) Benefits Administration who are responsible for processing claims for [compensation](/usc/38/101.md?p=13) and [pension](/usc/38/101.md?p=15) benefits under the laws administered by the [Secretary](/usc/38/101.md?p=1).
  - (2) In developing the examination required by [paragraph (1)](#a-1), the [Secretary](/usc/38/101.md?p=1) shall—
    - (A) consult with appropriate individuals or entities, including examination development experts, interested stakeholders, and employee representatives; and
    - (B) consider the data gathered and produced under [section 7731(c)(3) of this title](/usc/38/7731.md?p=c-3).
- (b) **Employee and Manager Requirement.—** The [Secretary](/usc/38/101.md?p=1) shall require appropriate employees and managers of the [Veterans](/usc/38/101.md?p=2) Benefits Administration who are responsible for processing claims for [compensation](/usc/38/101.md?p=13) and [pension](/usc/38/101.md?p=15) benefits under the laws administered by the [Secretary](/usc/38/101.md?p=1) to take the examination provided under [subsection (a)](#a).

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 110–389, title II, § 225(a)(1), Oct. 10, 2008, 122 Stat. 4158.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Deadlines for Implementation

Pub. L. 110–389, title II, § 225(a)(3), Oct. 10, 2008, 122 Stat. 4158, provided that: “The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall— develop an updated certification examination required under section 7732A of title 38, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act [Oct. 10, 2008]; and begin administering such certification examination required under such section not later than 90 days after the date on which the development of such certification examination is complete.”