,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ahje  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #bf1 #bjac    
,ms4 ,kuster 7for herself1 ,ms4 ,meng1  
,mr4 ,mc,intyre1 and ,mrs4 ,kirkpatrick7
 introduced the following bill2 which   
was referred to the ,committee on       
,veterans' ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
amend title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 
to direct the ,secretary of ,veterans   
,affairs to submit to ,congress an      
annual report on the automatic          
processing of claims for compensation   
under the laws administered by the      
,secretary4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act
 may be cited as the ,veterans ,claims  
,efficiency ,through ,automation ,act4  
#b4 ,report on automatic processing of  
claims for compensation under the laws  
administered by the ,secretary of       
,veterans ,affairs  7a7 ,in general     
,subchapter ,i of chapter #ea of title  
#ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended  
by adding at the end the following new  
section3  #eaji;,c4 ,annual report on   

automatic processing of claims ,the     
,secretary shall include in the annual  
report to ,congress required under      
section #ebi of this title a report on  
the automatic processing of claims for  
compensation during the year preceding  
the year during which the report is     
submitted4 ,each such report shall      
include1 for the year covered by the    
report1 each of the following3  7#a7    
,each medical condition for which claims
 relating to such condition were        
processed in an electronic automated    
fashion during such year4  7#b7 ,the    
feasibility of processing any additional
 medical conditions in an electronic    
automated fashion and any barriers to so
 processing additional medical          
conditions1 including any such barriers 
relating to the schedule for rating     
disabilities under section #aaae of this
 title4  7#c7 ,the number of claims for 
compensation relating to each medical   
condition submitted during such year4   
7#d7 ,for each medical condition1 the   

percentage of claims denied and the     
percentage of claims approved during    
such year4  4  7b7 ,clerical amendment  
,the table of sections at the beginning 
of such chapter is amended by adding at 
the end of the items relating to such   
subchapter the following new item3      
#eaji;,c4 ,annual report on automatic   
processing of claims4  4