Sec. 5114. REPORT ON HANDLING OF CERTAIN RECORDS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
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## SEC. 5114 REPORT ON HANDLING OF CERTAIN RECORDS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS ###
(a)Report Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Inspector General of the Department of Veterans Affairs, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense, shall submit to Congress a report on the extent to which the procedures outlined in provision M21-1 III.ii.2.F.1 of the Adjudication Procedures Manual of the Department of Veterans Affairs, or any successor document, are followed in assisting veterans obtain or reconstruct service records or medical information damaged or destroyed in the fire that occurred at the National Processing Records Center in St. Louis, Missouri, in July of 1973. ###
(b)Elements The report under subsection
(a)shall include the following elements: ####
(1)The determination of the Inspector General as to whether employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs receive sufficient training on the procedures specified in such subsection. ####
(2)The determination of the Inspector General as to whether veterans are informed of actions necessary to adhere to such procedures. ####
(3)The percentage of cases regarding such service records and medical information in which employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs follow such procedures. ####
(4)The average duration of time to resolve an issue using such procedures. ####
(5)Recommendations on how to improve the implementation of such procedures. ## Subtitle C Other Matters