SECTION 1. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS NOTICE 
OF 
AVERAGE 
TIMES 
FOR 
PROCESSING 
CLAIMS AND PERCENTAGE OF CLAIMS AP-
PROVED. 
(a) PUBLIC NOTICE.—The Secretary of Veterans Af-
fairs shall post the information described in subsection 
(c)— 
(1) in a conspicuous place in each regional of-
fice and claims intake facilities of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs; and 
(2) on the Internet Web site of the Department. 
(b) NOTICE TO APPLICANTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall provide 
to each person who submits a claim for benefits 
under the laws administered by the Secretary before 
the person submits such claim— 
(A) notice of the information described in 
subsection (c); and 
(B) notice that the person is eligible to re-
ceive up to an extra year of benefits payments 
if the person files a claim that is fully devel-
oped. 
(2) ACKNOWLEDGMENT
OF
RECEIPT
OF
NO-
TICE.—Each person who submits a claim for bene-
fits under the laws administered by the Secretary 
shall include in such application a signed form ac-
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knowledging that the person received the informa-
tion described in subsection (c). 
(c) INFORMATION DESCRIBED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The information described in 
this subsection is the following: 
(A) The average processing time of the 
claims described in paragraph (2) and the per-
centage of such submitted claims for which ben-
efits are awarded. 
(B) The percentage of each of the fol-
lowing types of submitted claims for benefits 
under the laws administered by the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs for which benefits are award-
ed: 
(i) Claims filed by veterans who au-
thorized a veterans service organization to 
act on the veterans’ behalf under a durable 
power of attorney. 
(ii) Claims filed by veterans who au-
thorized a person other than a veterans 
service organization to act on the veterans’ 
behalf under a durable power of attorney. 
(iii) Claims filed by veterans who did 
not authorize a person to act on the vet-
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erans’ behalf under a durable power of at-
torney. 
(2) CLAIMS DESCRIBED.—The claims described 
in this paragraph are each of the following types of 
claims for benefits under the laws administered by 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs: 
(A) A fully developed claim that is sub-
mitted in standard electronic form. 
(B) A fully developed claim that is sub-
mitted in standard paper form. 
(C) A claim that is not fully developed that 
is submitted in standard electronic form. 
(D) A claim that is not fully developed 
that is submitted in standard paper form. 
(E) A claim that is not fully developed that 
is submitted in non-standard paper form. 
(3) UPDATE OF INFORMATION.—The informa-
tion described in this subsection shall be updated not 
less frequently than once each fiscal quarter. 
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