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Code · BILL · 114th Congress · H.R. 677 (Reported in House) — To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for annual cost-of-living adjustments to be made automatically by l... · Sec. 1

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents

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This Act may be cited as the . American Heroes COLA Act of 2015 The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Expansion of eligibility for medallions. Sec. 3. Definitions relating to claims for benefits under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. Sec. 4. Quarterly reports on formal and informal claims for benefits under laws administered by Secretary of Veterans Affairs. Sec. 5. Expedited payment of survivor's benefits.
Sec. 6. Priority for processing claims of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Sec. 7. Treatment of medical evidence provided by non-Department of Veterans Affairs medical professionals in support of claims for disability compensation. Sec. 8. Automatic annual increase in rates of disability compensation and dependency and indemnity compensation. Sec. 9. Improvement of fiduciaries for veterans. Sec. 10. Board of Veterans' Appeals video hearings. Sec. 11. Improvements to authority for performance of medical disabilities examinations by contract physicians.
Sec. 12. Pilot program on fully developed appeals. Sec. 13. Deadline for certification of appeals forms by regional offices of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Sec. 14. Evaluation of backlog of disability claims and appeals of claims of Department of Veterans Affairs. Sec. 15. Methods for validating certain World War II Merchant Mariner service considered to be active service by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. Sec. 16. Designation of American World War II Cities. Sec. 17.
Sense of Congress regarding American veterans disabled for life.
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