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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3833 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain improvements to 
the program of the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide com-
prehensive assistance for family caregivers of eligible veterans, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 9, 2025 
Mr. BARRETT (for himself, Mr. BACON, Mr. JAMES, and Mr. VALADAO) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Vet-
erans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain 
improvements to the program of the Department of Vet-
erans Affairs to provide comprehensive assistance for 
family caregivers of eligible veterans, and for other pur-
poses. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Veterans’ Caregiver 
Appeals Modernization Act of 2025’’. 
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SEC. 2. IMPROVEMENTS TO PROGRAM OF DEPARTMENT OF 
VETERANS AFFAIRS FOR COMPREHENSIVE 
ASSISTANCE FOR FAMILY CAREGIVERS OF 
ELIGIBLE VETERANS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1720G of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (4) of subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘An eligible veteran’’ and 
inserting ‘‘(A) An eligible veteran’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph: 
‘‘(B) The Secretary shall develop and imple-
ment a single digital system through which each em-
ployee of the Veterans Health Administration or the 
Board of Veterans’ Appeals responsible for evalu-
ating such applications, or appeals of decisions of 
the Secretary with respect to such applications, may 
access— 
‘‘(i) each such application; and 
‘‘(ii) all documents received or submitted 
with respect to each such application.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in the heading, by inserting ‘‘; TRAIN-
ING’’ after ‘‘CONSTRUCTION’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
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(i) by striking ‘‘construed to create— 
’’ and inserting ‘‘construed—’’; 
(ii) by redesignating subparagraphs 
(A) and (B) as clauses (i) and (ii), respec-
tively (and conforming the margins accord-
ingly); 
(iii) by inserting before the matter so 
redesignated the following new subpara-
graph: 
‘‘(A) to create—’’; 
(iv) in clause (ii) of subparagraph (A), 
as added by clause (iii), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(v) by inserting after subparagraph 
(A), as added by clause (iii), the following 
new subparagraph: 
‘‘(B) as affecting, if an eligible veteran dies 
during the pendency of an appeal of a decision of 
the Secretary affecting the furnishing of assistance 
or support services under this section, the eligibility 
of a family caregiver to receive monthly personal 
caregiver stipends under subsection (a)(3)(A)(ii)— 
‘‘(i) to which the family caregiver was enti-
tled on the date of the death of the eligible vet-
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eran based on evidence in the file on such date; 
and 
‘‘(ii) due and unpaid as of such date.’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(3) The Secretary shall ensure that any employee 
of the Veterans Health Administration responsible for 
evaluating appeals of decisions of the Secretary affecting 
the furnishing of assistance or support services under this 
section is provided the same guidance and completes the 
same training as a higher-level adjudicator under section 
5104B of this title.’’. 
(b) REQUIRED CONSIDERATIONS.— 
(1) DIGITAL SYSTEMS.—In developing the dig-
ital system required by subsection (a)(4)(B) of sec-
tion 1720G of title 38, United States Code (as 
added by subsection (a)(1)), the Secretary shall con-
sider— 
(A) lessons learned from the implementa-
tion of the Veterans Benefits Management Sys-
tem to process claims for benefits under laws 
administered by the Secretary; and 
(B) whether other programs administered 
by the Veterans Health Administration would 
improve from the development of a single dig-
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ital system through which applications and doc-
uments relating to such programs may be 
accessed by employees of the Veterans Health 
Administration responsible for evaluating such 
applications and documents. 
(2) TRAINING.—In carrying out the require-
ment under paragraph (5) of subsection (c) of such 
section (as added by subsection (a)(2)), the Sec-
retary shall consider best practices developed from 
efforts of the Secretary to standardize the guidance 
and training available to employees of the Depart-
ment responsible for the delivery of disability com-
pensation to veterans eligible for such compensation. 
Æ 
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