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OH SR22

Resolution

Status

Passed

5/14/2025

Primary Sponsor

Timothy Schaffer

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Origin

Senate

136th General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Urges the President, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and Congress to take prompt action to reduce processing time for veterans' disability benefit claims

  • Notes the VA averaged 139.3 days to complete disability-related claims in November 2024

  • Calls on the VA to adopt policies ensuring disability benefits appeals conclude within three months of an applicant receiving their initial determination letter

  • Cites VA non-compliance with the Veterans Appeals Improvement and Modernization Act of 2017 (38 U.S.C. 7113)

  • References that veterans with service-connected disabilities reached 4,944,275 in 2019, with numbers increasing every year since 1991

Legislative Description

Urge federal govt reduce processing time-veteran disability claim

Last Action

Adopted

5/14/2025

Committee Referrals

Armed Services, Veterans Affairs and Public Safety2/12/2025

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