,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bacg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #ad1 #bjbe,mr4
 ,luttrell 7for himself1 ,mr4           
,mc,garvey1 ,mr4 ,weber of ,texas1 and  
,mr4 ,pfluger7 introduced the following 
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs  ,a   
,,bill  ,to amend title #ch1 ,united    
,states ,code1 to limit the authority of
 the ,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs to
 deny the claim of a veteran for        
benefits under the laws administered by 
such ,secretary on the sole basis that  
such veteran failed to appear for a     
medical examination associated with such
 claim4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may
 be cited as the ,review ,every         
,veterans ,claim ,act of #bjbe4  #b4    
,prohibition on denial of claims for    
benefits under laws administered by     
,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs on sole
 basis that veteran failed to appear for
 certain medical examination ,subsection
 7d7 of section #eajc;,a of title #ch1  

,united ,states ,code1 is amended-- 7#a7
 in the heading1 by striking            
compensation claims and inserting claims
 for benefits2  7#b7 in paragraph 7#b71 
by striking treat an examination or     
opinion as being necessary to make a    
decision on a claim for purposes of and 
inserting provide for a medical         
examination or obtain a medical opinion 
under2 and  7#c7 by adding at the end   
the following new paragraph3  7#c7 ,if a
 veteran fails to appear for a medical  
examination provided by the ,secretary  
in conjunction with a claim for a       
benefit under a law administered by the 
,secretary1 the ,secretary may not deny 
such claim on the sole basis that such  
veteran failed to appear for such       
medical examination4  4