CODIFICATION OF REQUIREMENT FOR EXPEDITIOUS TREATMENT OF CASES ON REMAND.

SEC. 707. CODIFICATION OF REQUIREMENT FOR EXPEDITIOUS TREATMENT OF CASES ON REMAND.(a) Cases Remanded by Board of Veterans’ Appeals.—(1) Chapter 51 is amended by adding at the end of subchapter I the following new section:“§ 5109B. Expedited treatment of remanded claims “The Secretary shall take such actions as may be necessary to provide for the expeditious treatment by the appropriate regional office of the Veterans Benefits Administration of any claim that is remanded to a regional office of the Veterans Benefits Administration by the Board of Veterans’ Appeals.” .117 STAT. 2673(2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 5109A the following new item: “5109B. Expedited treatment of remanded claims.”. (b) Cases Remanded by Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims.—(1) Chapter 71 is amended by adding at the end the following new section:“§ 7112. Expedited treatment of remanded claims “The Secretary shall take such actions as may be necessary to provide for the expeditious treatment by the Board of any claim that is remanded to the Secretary by the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims.” .(2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item: “7112. Expedited treatment of remanded claims.”. (c) Repeal of Source Section.—Section 302 of the Veterans’ Benefits Improvement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–446; 108 Stat. 4658; 38 U.S.C. 5101 note) is repealed.