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SR22 • 2026

Urge federal govt reduce processing time-veteran disability claim

Urge federal govt reduce processing time-veteran disability claim

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Tim Schaffer
Last action
Official status
As Enrolled
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Urge federal govt reduce processing time-veteran disability claim

To urge the President of the United States, the United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and the United States Congress to take prompt action to reduce the processing time for veterans' disability benefit claims.

What This Bill Does

  • To urge the President of the United States, the United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and the United States Congress to take prompt action to reduce the processing time for veterans' disability benefit claims.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. Ohio Legislature

    As Introduced

  2. Ohio Legislature

    As Reported by the Senate Armed Services, Veterans Affairs and Public Safety Committee

  3. Ohio Legislature

    As Adopted by the Senate

  4. Ohio Legislature

    As Enrolled

Official Summary Text

To urge the President of the United States, the United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and the United States Congress to take prompt action to reduce the processing time for veterans' disability benefit claims.

Current Bill Text

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(136th General Assembly)

(Senate
Resolution Number 22)

A resolution

To urge the President of the United States, the United States
Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and the United States Congress to take
prompt action to reduce the processing time for veterans' disability
benefit claims.

Be it resolved
by the Senate of the State of Ohio:

WHEREAS,
The service members of the United States armed forces have bravely
and selflessly served our country; and

WHEREAS, The United
States Department of Veterans Affairs disability benefits program
provides monetary support to veterans whose military service has
caused or aggravated a disabling medical condition; and

WHEREAS, According to
the National Center for Veterans Analysis and Statistics, the total
number of veterans with a service-connected disability has increased
every year since 1991 and was 4,944,275 in 2019; and

WHEREAS, According to
the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, the Department took an
average of 139.3 days to complete disability-related claims in
November 2024; and

WHEREAS, The U.S.
Government Accountability Office made several recommendations
directed toward improving the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs'
capacity to manage workload risks, monitor and assess performance,
and plan for further development of information technology; and

WHEREAS, The "Veterans
Appeals Improvement and Modernization Act of 2017," 38 U.S.C.
7113, made changes to improve the U.S. Department of Veterans
Affairs' appeals process and also required the U.S. Government
Accountability Office to assess the U.S. Department of Veterans
Affairs' original plan to improve the veterans benefits claim appeals
process; and

WHEREAS, The U.S.
Department of Veterans Affairs has failed to comply with the Veterans
Appeals Improvement and Modernization Act of 2017; now therefore be
it

RESOLVED, That we, the
members of the 136th General Assembly of the State of Ohio, urge the
President of the United States, the United States Secretary of
Veterans Affairs, and the Congress of the United States to take
prompt action to reduce the processing time for veterans' disability
benefit claims; and be it further

RESOLVED, That we, the
members of the 136th General Assembly of the State of Ohio, urge the
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to adopt policies to ensure that,
for each applicant, the disability benefits program appeals process
concludes not later than three months following the date on which an
applicant receives an initial determination letter from the
Department; and be it further

RESOLVED, That the
Clerk of the Senate transmit duly authenticated copies of this
resolution to the President of the United States, the United States
Secretary of Veterans Affairs, the President Pro Tempore and
Secretary of the United States Senate, the Speaker and Clerk of the
United States House of Representatives, each member of the Ohio
Congressional delegation, and the news media of Ohio.

President _________________ of the Senate.

Adopted
____________________, 20____