Sec. 1645. REPORTS ON ARMY ACTION PLAN IN RESPONSE TO DEFICIENCIES IN THE ARMY PHYSICAL DISABILITY EVALUATION SYSTEM

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## SEC. 1645 REPORTS ON ARMY ACTION PLAN IN RESPONSE TO DEFICIENCIES IN THE ARMY PHYSICAL DISABILITY EVALUATION SYSTEM ###

(a)Reports Required Not later than June 1, 2008, and June 1, 2009, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the implementation of corrective measures by the Department of Defense with respect to the Physical Disability Evaluation System

(PDES)in response to the following: ####

(1)The report of the Inspector General of the Army on that system of March 6, 2007. ####

(2)The report of the Independent Review Group on Rehabilitation Care and Administrative Processes at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and National Naval Medical Center. ####

(3)The report of the Department of Veterans Affairs Task Force on Returning Global War on Terror Heroes. ###

(b)Elements of Report Each report under subsection

(a)shall include current information on the following: ####

(1)The total number of cases, and the number of cases involving combat disabled service members, pending resolution before the Medical and Physical Disability Evaluation Boards of the Army, including information on the number of members of the Army who have been in a medical hold or holdover status for more than each of 100, 200, and 300 days. ####

(2)The status of the implementation of modifications to disability evaluation processes of the Department of Defense in response to the following: #####

(A)The report of the Inspector General on such processes dated March 6, 2007. #####

(B)The report of the Independent Review Group on Rehabilitation Care and Administrative Processes at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and National Naval Medical Center. #####

(C)The report of the Department of Veterans Affairs Task Force on Returning Global War on Terror Heroes. ###

(c)Posting on Internet Not later than 24 hours after submitting a report under subsection (a), the Secretary shall post such report on the Internet website of the Department of Defense that is available to the public.