Sec. 526. REVIEW OF INTEGRATED DISABILITY EVALUATION SYSTEM

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## SEC. 526 REVIEW OF INTEGRATED DISABILITY EVALUATION SYSTEM ###

(a)Review The Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, shall conduct a review of— ####

(1)the backlog of pending cases in the Integrated Disability Evaluation System with respect to members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces for the purpose of addressing the matters specified in paragraph

(1)of subsection (b); and ####

(2)the improvements to the Integrated Disability Evaluation System specified in paragraph

(2)of such subsection. ###

(b)Report Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services and Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report on the review conducted under subsection (a). Such report shall include the following: ####

(1)With respect to the reserve components of the Armed Forces— #####

(A)the number of pending cases that exist as of the date of the report, listed by military department, component, and, with respect to the National Guard, State; #####

(B)as of the date of the report, the average time it takes the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs to process a case through each phase or step of the Integrated Disability Evaluation System under that Department’s control; #####

(C)a description of the measures the Secretary has taken, and will take, to resolve the backlog of cases in the Integrated Disability Evaluation System; and #####

(D)the date by which the Secretary plans to resolve such backlog for each military department. ####

(2)With respect to the regular components and reserve components of the Armed Forces— #####

(A)a description of the progress being made by both the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs to transition the Integrated Disability Evaluation System to an integrated and readily accessible electronic format that a member of the Armed Forces may access to see the status of the member during each phase or step of the system; #####

(B)an estimate of the cost to complete the transition to an integrated and readily accessible electronic format; and #####

(C)an assessment of the feasibility of improving in-transit visibility of pending cases, including by establishing a method of tracking a pending case when— ######

(i)a military treatment facility is assigned a packet and pending case for action regarding a member; and ######

(ii)a packet is at the Veterans Tracking Application and Disability Rating Activity Site of the Department of Veterans Affairs. ###

(c)Pending Case Defined In this section, the term “pending case” means a case involving a member of the Armed Forces who, as of the date of the review under subsection (a), is within the Integrated Disability Evaluation System and has been referred to a medical evaluation board. ## Subtitle D Military Justice Matters, Other Than Sexual Assault Prevention and Response and Related Reforms