Sec. 107. Public availability of certain information about pending and completed claims for compensation under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs
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Subchapter I of chapter 51 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding after section 5109C, as added by section 106, the following new section: The Secretary shall maintain on the Internet website of the Department publicly accessible information about pending and completed claims for compensation under chapter 11 of this title. Such information shall include each of the following: For each regional office and for the Department as a whole— the average number of days between the date of the submittal of a claim and the date of the decision with respect to the claim for each of the preceding three-month and one-year period; the average number of days such a claim is pending during the preceding three-month and one-year periods; the quality and accuracy rating of the claims adjudication process during the preceding three-month and one-year periods; the number of claims pending; the number of pending claims that have been pending for more than 125 days; and the number of claims completed during— the current month, to date; the month preceding the current month; the current calendar year, to date; and the calendar year preceding the current calendar year.
For each medical condition for which a claim for compensation is submitted, for each regional office and for the Department as a whole— the average number of days between the date of the submittal of a claim relating to such medical condition and the date of the decision with respect to the claim for each of the preceding three-month and one-year period; the average number of days such a claim is pending during the preceding three-month and one-year periods; the quality and accuracy rating of the claims adjudication process as applied to claims relating to such medical condition during the preceding three-month and one-year periods; the number of pending claims relating to such condition; the number of such pending claims that have been pending for more than 125 days; and the number of claims relating to such medical condition completed during— the current month, to date; the month preceding current month; the current calendar year, to date; and the calendar year preceding the current calendar year.
The Secretary shall update the information on the website under subsection
(a)not less frequently than once every seven days. . The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding after the item relating to section 5109C, as added by section 106, the following new item: 5109D. Information about pending and completed claims. .