Issue Position: Veterans

Issue Position

Nearly 800,000 Veterans call Virginia home, and I am committed to ensuring our veterans can access the benefits they've earned through their service to a grateful nation. We need to continue to focus on streamlining the Veterans claims process and ensuring that Veterans are receiving reimbursement in a timely way.

During my time in Congress, I have been fighting to preserve the benefits for our soldiers and their families, as well as reform the Veterans Administration. In fact, I have introduced three VA Accountability bills aimed at removing administrative roadblocks to Veterans Administration (VA) services and improving the customer experience within the VA.

The Veterans Choice Accountability Act expands veteran access to non-VA medical care and establishes a review of the VA's implementation of the Veteran's Choice Program.

The Veterans Collaboration Act creates a VA pilot program to foster collaboration between qualified non-profit veterans service organizations (VSOs) and educational institutions that provide assistance to veterans.

The Veterans Affairs Transfer of Information and Sharing of Disability Examination Procedures with DoD Doctors Act requires that the service member's separation physical examinations conducted by military doctors be used to determine service-connected disability. This would speed up access to care for veterans by not subjecting them to another round of medical screenings before a disability rating is issued. The bill also continues to demand that the VA and DoD share medical and service record data electronically.

America's veterans deserve the highest quality medical care and most efficient delivery of benefits possible. I supported legislation that expands opportunities of the VA CHOICE Program to allow Veterans to receive care both faster and outside the VA system. The VA MISSION Act consolidated the VA's multiple community care programs and authorities and provides further funding to sustain the Choice Program so veterans can get the care they earned and deserve.

Our nation's veterans deserve the highest quality medical care and most efficient delivery of benefits possible. I supported legislation that expands opportunities of the VA CHOICE Program to allow Veterans to receive care both faster and outside the VA system. The VA MISSION Act consolidated the VA's multiple community care programs and authorities and provides further funding to sustain the Choice Program so veterans can get the care they earned and deserve.

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