Sec. 111. REPORTS ON CLAIMS FOR DISABILITY COMPENSATION

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## SEC. 111 REPORTS ON CLAIMS FOR DISABILITY COMPENSATION ###

(a)Report on Reasonably Raised Claims Not later than 540 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and House of Representatives a report on the policies of the Department of Veterans Affairs with respect to processing reasonably raised unrelated claims. Such report shall include— ####

(1)any statistics on how frequently such unrelated claims are identified by the Secretary; ####

(2)how frequently the Secretary notifies claimants about potential unrelated claims; and ####

(3)how often the claimant later submits a claim for the condition described by the unrelated claim. ###

(b)Annual Reports on Complete and Incomplete Claims During the 5-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and House of Representatives annual reports on complete and incomplete claims for disability compensation submitted to the Secretary. Each such report shall include, for the 1-year period covered by the report— ####

(1)the total number of claims submitted to the Secretary; ####

(2)the total number of incomplete claims submitted to the Secretary; ####

(3)the total number of complete claims submitted to the Secretary; ####

(4)the total number of forms indicating an intent to file a claim for benefits submitted to the Secretary; ####

(5)the total number of electronically filed claims submitted to the Secretary; ####

(6)the total number of fully developed claims submitted to the Secretary; ####

(7)the total number of claims submitted to the Secretary that are not complete claims but that the Secretary treats as a request by the claimant for a form to file a claim; and ####

(8)of the total number of claims identified under paragraph (7), the percent for which the Secretary notified the claimant of the need to file a complete claim. ###

(c)Definitions In this section: ####

(1)The term “**claimant**” has the meaning given such term in section 5100 of title 38, United States Code, and includes a representative of a claimant. ####

(2)The term “**reasonably raised unrelated claim**” means a claim for disability compensation under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs that, in addition to the condition for which such claim is made, includes evidence of a separate condition that is not specifically identified as part of the claim but may be inferred or logically placed at issue upon a sympathetic reading of the claim and the record developed with respect to that claim.