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(1) The report of the Inspector General of the
Army on that system of March 6, 2007.
(2) The report of the Independent Review Group
on Rehabilitation Care and Administrative Processes
at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and National
Naval Medical Center.
(3) The report of the Department of Veterans Af-
fairs Task Force on Returning Global War on Terror
Heroes.
(b) ELEMENTS OF REPORT.—Each report under sub-
section (a) shall include current information on the fol-
lowing:
(1) The total number of cases, and the number
of cases involving combat disabled servicemembers,
pending resolution before the Medical and Physical
Disability Evaluation Boards of the Army, including
information on the number of members of the Army
who have been in a medical hold or holdover status
for more than each of 100, 200, and 300 days.
(2) The status of the implementation of modi-
fications to disability evaluation processes of the De-
partment of Defense in response to the following:
(A) The report of the Inspector General on
such processes dated March 6, 2007.
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(B) The report of the Independent Review
Group on Rehabilitation Care and Administra-
tive Processes at Walter Reed Army Medical
Center and National Naval Medical Center.
(C) The report of the Department of Vet-
erans Affairs Task Force on Returning Global
War on Terror Heroes.
(c) POSTING ON INTERNET.—Not later than 24 hours
after submitting a report under subsection (a), the Sec-
retary shall post such report on the Internet website of the
Department of Defense that is available to the public.
PART II—OTHER DISABILITY MATTERS
SEC. 1661. ENHANCEMENT OF DISABILITY SEVERANCE PAY
FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1212 of title 10, United
States Code, is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘his years of
service, but not more than 12, computed under section
1208 of this title’’ in the matter preceding subpara-
graph (A) and inserting ‘‘the member’s years of serv-
ice computed under section 1208 of this title (subject
to the minimum and maximum years of service pro-
vided for in subsection (c))’’;
(2) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection
(d); and
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(3) by inserting after subsection (b) the following
new subsection (c):
‘‘(c)(1) The minimum years of service of a member for
purposes of subsection (a)(1) shall be as follows:
‘‘(A) Six years in the case of a member separated
from the armed forces for a disability incurred in line
of duty in a combat zone (as designated by the Sec-
retary of Defense for purposes of this subsection) or
incurred during the performance of duty in combat-
related operations as designated by the Secretary of
Defense.
‘‘(B) Three years in the case of any other mem-
ber.
‘‘(2) The maximum years of service of a member for
purposes of subsection (a)(1) shall be 19 years.’’.
(b) NO DEDUCTION FROM COMPENSATION OF SEVER-
ANCE
PAY
FOR
DISABILITIES
INCURRED
IN
COMBAT
ZONES.—Subsection (d) of such section, as redesignated by
subsection (a)(2) of this section, is further amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘(d)’’;
(2) by striking the second sentence; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new para-
graphs:
‘‘(2) No deduction may be made under paragraph (1)
in the case of disability severance pay received by a member
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for a disability incurred in line of duty in a combat zone
or incurred during performance of duty in combat-related
operations as designated by the Secretary of Defense.
‘‘(3) No deduction may be made under paragraph (1)
from any death compensation to which a member’s depend-
ents become entitled after the member’s death.’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this
section shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this
Act, and shall apply with respect to members of the Armed
Forces separated from the Armed Forces under chapter 61
of title 10, United States Code, on or after that date.
SEC. 1662. ELECTRONIC TRANSFER FROM THE DEPART-
MENT OF DEFENSE TO THE DEPARTMENT OF
VETERANS AFFAIRS OF DOCUMENTS SUP-
PORTING ELIGIBILITY FOR BENEFITS.
The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans
Affairs shall jointly develop and implement a mechanism
to provide for the electronic transfer from the Department
of Defense to the Department of Veterans Affairs of any De-
partment of Defense documents (including Department of
Defense form DD–214) necessary to establish or support the
eligibility of a member of the Armed Forces for benefits
under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans
Affairs at the time of the retirement, separation, or release
of the member from the Armed Forces.