(i) by striking ‘‘two separate dockets’’ 
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘one 
docket’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (3)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘(A)’’; 
(II) by striking ‘‘, except that 
cases’’ and all that follows through 
‘‘are assigned’’; and 
(III) by striking subparagraph 
(B); and 
(B) in subsection (e), by inserting ‘‘, if ap-
plicable’’ before the period at the end; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
subsection: 
‘‘(f) HEARING TRANSCRIPTS.—The Board, upon the 
request of the veteran and at no cost to such veteran, pro-
vide such veteran with a copy of the transcript of the hear-
ing and a digital recording of any picture and voice trans-
mission considered during such hearing.’’. 
(6) In section 7111, by adding at the end the 
following new subsection: 
‘‘(g) In this section, the term ‘clear and unmistakable 
error’ includes, with respect to a decision of the Board, 
any of the following: 
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‘‘(1) Any error of law, fact, or application of 
law to fact— 
‘‘(A) that is manifest on the face of such 
decision; and 
‘‘(B) affected the outcome of such decision. 
‘‘(2) The misinterpretation or misapplication of 
a statute, regardless of whether such decision other-
wise complies with regulations issued by the Sec-
retary in effect as of the date of such decision. 
‘‘(3) The misinterpretation or misapplication of 
an unambiguous regulation, regardless of whether 
such decision otherwise complies with the regulations 
described in paragraph (2).’’; 
(7) By adding at the end the following new sec-
tion (and conforming the table of chapters at the be-
ginning of such chapter accordingly): 
‘‘§ 7114. Program to establish electronic case manage-
ment and filing system 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish an 
electronic filing and case management system for the pur-
poses of processing appeals under this chapter. 
‘‘(b) ELEMENTS.—The system required by subsection 
(a) shall include— 
‘‘(1) an internet database of documents relating 
to appeals under this chapter; 
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‘‘(2) subject to subsection (d), a mechanism by 
which attorneys approved by the Office of the Gen-
eral Counsel of the Department to represent a vet-
eran before the Board of Veterans Appeals may ac-
cess such internet database to an extent the Sec-
retary determines appropriate; and 
‘‘(3) a mechanism by which a veteran, or the 
attorney or representative of a veteran, can submit 
to the Board of Veterans Appeals documents relat-
ing to an appeal under this chapter, in portable doc-
ument format or other commercially available for-
mat, through such internet database. 
‘‘(c) TRAINING.—Not later than one year after the 
date on which the Secretary establishes the program re-
quired by subsection (a), the Secretary shall make avail-
able to attorneys described in subsection (b)(2) training 
on such program. 
‘‘(d) CERTIFICATION
OF GOOD STANDING.—As a 
condition of access to the internet database described in 
subsection (b)(2), the Secretary may require an attorney 
to provide to the Secretary a certificate of good standing 
from a State court or Federal district court. 
‘‘(e) REQUIRED CONSIDERATION.—In carrying out 
subsection (a), the Secretary shall consider the case man-
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agement/electronic filing system (CM/ECF) administered 
by United States District Courts.’’. 
(d) DISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN MEDICAL RECORDS.— 
Section 7332(b)(2) of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subpara-
graphs: 
‘‘(J) To the patient, and the attorney of such 
patient, if any, for the purposes of using such record 
in connection with an appeal under chapter 71 of 
this title. 
‘‘(K) To the Court of Appeals for Veterans 
Claims, for purposes of filing an appeal under chap-
ter 72 of this title.’’. 
(e) DEADLINE FOR CERTAIN MECHANISM.—The Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs shall establish the mechanism 
described in paragraph (3) of subsection (b) of section 
7112 of title 38, United States Code, as added by sub-
section (c)(7), by not later than 180 after the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 3. EXPANSION OF JURISDICTION OF UNITED STATES 
COURT OF APPEALS FOR VETERANS CLAIMS 
AND UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS 
FOR THE FEDERAL CIRCUIT. 
(a) UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR VET-
ERANS CLAIMS.— 
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(1) EXPANSION.—Section 502 of title 38, 
United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘the 
Federal Circuit’’ and inserting ‘‘Veterans Claims’’. 
(2) SCOPE OF REVIEW OF CERTAIN CLAIMS.— 
Section 7261 of such title is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (4) of subsection (a), by 
striking ‘‘clearly erroneous’’ and inserting ‘‘ar-
bitrary and capricious’’; 
(B) by striking subsection (c); 
(C) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub-
section (c); and 
(D) in subsection (c) (as so redesignated), 
by striking ‘‘shall review only questions raised 
as to compliance with and the validity of the 
regulation’’ and inserting ‘‘shall review such de-
cision and the accompanying findings of fact by 
trial de novo’’. 
(b) UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE 
FEDERAL CIRCUIT.— 
(1) EXPANSION.—Section 1295(a) of title 28, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (13), by striking ‘‘; and’’; 
(B) in paragraph (14), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
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(C) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(15) of an appeal from a final decision of the 
United States Court of Appeals for Veterans 
Claims.’’. 
(2) REPEAL OF CERTAIN PROVISION.—Section 
7292 of title 38, United States Code, is repealed. 
(3) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 7252 
of such title is amended by striking subsection (c). 
Æ 
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