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RIN: 2900-AQ26

Publication ID: Spring 2018

Title: ●VA Claims and Appeals Modernization
Abstract: The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is proposing to amend its claims adjudication, appeals and regulations. This rulemaking is needed to ensure that VA’s regulations dealing with claims and appeals comport with changes to relevant statutes enacted by H.R. 2288, Pub. L. 115-55, the Veterans Appeals Improvement and Modernization Act of 2017.
Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs(VA)	Priority: Other Significant
RIN Status: First time published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage
Major: Undetermined	Unfunded Mandates: No
EO 13771 Designation: Deregulatory
CFR Citation: 38 CFR 3 38 CFR 8 38 CFR 14 38 CFR 19 38 CFR 20 38 CFR 21
Legal Authority: Pub. L. 115-55 38 U.S.C. 101 38 U.S.C. 5103 to 5104 38 U.S.C. 5108 to 5110 38 U.S.C. 7101 38 U.S.C. 7103 to 7105 38 U.S.C. 7007 38 U.S.C. 7009 38 U.S.C. 7011 38 U.S.C. 7013

Legal Deadline:

Action	Source	Description	Date
NPRM	Statutory	Veterans Appeals Improvement and Modernization Act of 2017	02/14/2019

Overall Description of Deadline: Pub. L. 115-55 requires VA to have a final rule prior to the law's effective date. The law mandates that amendments to the statute will be effective on February 14, 2019, provided that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs makes the certification described in Section 2, paragraph (x) of the Act before that date. Therefore, regulations must be in place to implement the law before February 14, 2019.

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	02/00/2019

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No	Government Levels Affected: None
Small Entities Affected: No	Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No
Agency Contact: Jennifer D. Williams Management and Program Analyst Department of Veterans Affairs 1722 I Street NW., Washington, DC 20421 Phone:202 530-9156 Email: jennifer.williams@va.gov