Requires the Board of Veterans' Appeals to report why appeals are decided late or sent back for more work, and to publish a weekly notice of the cases assigned to each docket.

Official title: Board of Veterans Appeals Annual Report Transparency Act of 2025

Next stop House floor: awaiting a vote

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House

Introduced 12-DEC-2025

Referred 12-DEC-2025

Approved by committee 14-MAY-2026

Reported 06-OCT-2026

On the calendar 06-OCT-2026

Key points

Requires the Board's annual report to identify the factors behind untimely decisions on pending new-system appeals, with the number and percentage of cases each factor affected.
Requires the annual report to identify the factors behind remands of appeals pending under either the new or legacy system, with the number and percentage of cases each factor affected.
Requires the Board to publish weekly on a Department website the docket dates of cases assigned to a Board member for decision that week, with a statement that an assignment does not require a decision that week.
Excludes from the weekly notice cases that have been advanced on the docket and cases remanded by the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims.

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Policy area

Armed Forces and National Security

Sponsor Keith Self (R-TX) Cosponsors · 0

No cosponsors.

congress.gov page Reported in House (06-OCT-2026) Introduced in House (12-DEC-2025)