S.Amdt. 2211

1. Adds SEC. 514. REVIEW OF INTEGRATED DISABILITY EVALUATION SYSTEM at the end of subtitle C of title V

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   In S. 1197 · Placed on Calendar Senate

   (c) Consultation.--In conducting any analysis, investigation, or survey for purposes of this section, the Inspector General shall consult with the Armed Forces Chaplains Board, as appropriate.

   Inserted: SEC. 514. REVIEW OF INTEGRATED DISABILITY EVALUATION SYSTEM.

   Inserted: (a) Review.--The Secretary of Defense shall, in consultation with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, conduct a review of--

   Inserted: (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

   Inserted: (2) the improvements to the Integrated Disability Evaluation System specified in paragraph (2) of such subsection.

   Inserted: (b) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the review under subsection (a). The report shall include the following:

   Inserted: (1) With respect to the reserve components of the Armed Forces--

   Inserted: (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;

   Inserted: (B) as of the date of the report, the average time it takes each of 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 such Department's control;

   Inserted: (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

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

   Inserted: (2) With respect to the regular components and reserve components of the Armed Forces--

   Inserted: (A) a description of the progress being made by each of 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 of the system;

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

   Inserted: (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--

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

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

   Inserted: (c) Definitions.--In this section:

   Inserted: (1) The term "appropriate committees of Congress" means--

   Inserted: (A) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate; and

   Inserted: (B) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the House of Representatives.

   Inserted: (2) 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.

   Original wording

   At the end of subtitle C of title V, add the following:

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