US HB3835

Requires the VA Secretary to submit annual reports to Congress on average processing times for remanded claims, docket advancement motions (disaggregated by granted/denied and reason), and Board of Veterans' Appeals dismissals (including deaths by suicide)

Mandates the VA use technology to track claims in the National Work Queue awaiting assignment, remanded cases, expedited cases, supplemental claims, and death notices of benefits recipients

Grants the Board of Veterans' Appeals Chairman authority to aggregate multiple appeals involving common questions of law or fact, and requires substantial compliance with Board remand decisions

Expands Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims jurisdiction to include supplemental jurisdiction over class action certification requests and authority to issue limited remands for specific legal questions

Directs a federally funded research and development center to assess whether the Board of Veterans' Appeals should be authorized to issue precedential decisions on questions of law or fact