119-hr3834

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 Union Calendar No. 301
119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 3834

 [Report No. 119-349]

To amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify the jurisdiction and 
 certain rules of evidence of the Board of Veterans' Appeals.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 June 9, 2025

 Mr. Bost introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Veterans' Affairs

 October 21, 2025

 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
 House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
 in italic]
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on June 9, 
 2025]

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 A BILL

To amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify the jurisdiction and 
 certain rules of evidence of the Board of Veterans' Appeals.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Protecting Veteran's Claim Options 
Act''.

SEC. 2. BOARD OF VETERANS' APPEALS: JURISDICTION; EVIDENCE IN CERTAIN 
 CASES.

    (a) Jurisdiction Over a Supplemental Claim.--

Section 7104 of title 
38, United States Code, is amended, in subsection

    (a) --

    (1) by inserting ``

    (1) '' before ``All questions''; and

    (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
 ``

    (2) In an appeal of a decision under 

section 5108 of this title 
regarding a supplemental claim under 

section 5104C

    (a)

    (1)
        (B) of this 
title, the Board may not deny relief (including by denying review of 
the merits of the claim) solely on the basis that the appellant did not 
present or secure new and relevant evidence with respect to such 
supplemental claim.''.

    (b) Evidence in Cases Remanded to the Board by the Court of Appeals 
for Veterans Claims.--

Section 7113 of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
 ``
            (d) Cases Remanded by the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims.--

    (1) Except as provided in paragraph

    (2) , for cases remanded to the 
Board by the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, the evidentiary 
record before the Board shall be limited to the evidence previously 
considered by the Board in such case.
 ``

    (2) The evidentiary record before the Board for cases described 
in paragraph

    (1) shall include evidence submitted by the appellant and 
his or her representative, if any, within 90 days following such 
remand, which the Board shall consider in the first instance.''.

SEC. 3. EXTENSION OF CERTAIN LIMITS ON PAYMENTS OF PENSION.

 

Section 5503
            (d) (7) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ``November 30, 2031'' and inserting ``January 30, 2035''.
 Union Calendar No. 301

119th CONGRESS

 1st Session

 H. R. 3834

 [Report No. 119-349]

_______________________________________________________________________

 A BILL

To amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify the jurisdiction and 
 certain rules of evidence of the Board of Veterans' Appeals.

_______________________________________________________________________

 October 21, 2025

 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
 House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed