MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF VETERANS’ APPEALS.

SEC. 1002. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF VETERANS’ APPEALS. (a) Requirement for Board Members To Be Attorneys.— Section 7101A(a) is amended— (1) by inserting “(1)” after “(a)”; and (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: “(2) Each member of the Board shall be a member in good standing of the bar of a State.”. (b) Employment Reversion Rights— Paragraph (2) of section 7101A(d) is amended to read as follows: “(2) (A) Upon removal from the Board under paragraph (1) of a member of the Board who before appointment to the Board served as an attorney in the civil service, the Secretary shall appoint that member to an attorney position at the Board, if the removed member so requests. If the removed member served in an attorney position at the Board immediately before appointment to the Board, appointment to an attorney position under this paragraph shall be in the grade and step held by the removed member immediately before such appointment to the Board. “(B) The Secretary is not required to make an appointment to an attorney position under this paragraph if the Secretary determines that the member of the Board removed under paragraph (1) is not qualified for the position.”.