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Input: SECTION 1. JUDICIAL REVIEW OF ADOPTION OR REVISION OF SCHEDULE OF
RATINGS FOR DISABILITIES.

(a) Restatement of Current Authority With Authority for Review.--
The text of section 502 of title 38, United States Code, is amended to
read as follows:
''(a) An action of the Secretary to which section 552(a)(1) or 553
of title 5, or both, refers is subject to judicial review.
''(b)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), review under
subsection (a) shall be in accordance with chapter 7 of title 5, and
may be sought only in the United States Court of Appeals for the
Federal Circuit.
''(2) If review under subsection (a) is sought in connection with
an appeal brought under the provisions of chapter 72 of this title, the
provisions of that chapter shall apply rather than the provisions of
chapter 7 of title 5.
''(c) In reviewing under subsection (b)(1) an action relating to
the adoption or revision of the schedule of ratings for disabilities
adopted under section 1155 of this title, the United States Court of
Appeals for the Federal Circuit shall hold unlawful and set aside the
action if the action is found by the Court to be--
''(1) arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion, or
otherwise not in accordance with law; or
''(2) in excess of statutory jurisdiction, authority, or
limitations, or in violation of statutory right.''.
(b) Applicability.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take
effect on the date of the enactment of this Act. The review described
by subsection (c) of section 502 of title 38, United States Code, as so
amended, shall be available only for a revision of the schedule of
ratings of disabilities under section 1155 of that title that occurs on
or after that date.

SEC. 2. STANDARD OF REVERSAL BY COURT OF APPEALS FOR VETERANS CLAIMS OF
ERRONEOUS FINDING OF FACT BY BOARD OF VETERANS' APPEALS.

(a) Standard of Reversal.--Paragraph (4) of subsection (a) of
section 7261 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking
''if the finding is clearly erroneous'' and inserting ''if such finding
is not reasonably supported by a preponderance of the evidence''.
(b) Scope of Authority.--That subsection is further amended--
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking
''this chapter'' and inserting ''section 7252(a) of this
title''; and
(2) in paragraph (4), as amended by subsection (a) of this
section--
(A) by inserting ''adverse to the claimant that
is'' after ''material fact''; and
(B) by inserting ''or reverse'' after ''set
aside''.
(c) Matters Relating to Findings of Material Fact.--That section is
further amended--
(1) by redesignating subsections (b), (c), and (d), as
subsections (c), (d), and (e), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after subsection (a) the following new
subsection (b):
''(b)(1) In making a determination on a finding of material fact
under subsection (a)(4), the Court shall utilize the record of
proceedings containing such finding, as established for purposes of
sections 5107(b) and 7252(c) of this title.
''(2) A determination on a finding of material fact under
subsection (a)(4) shall specify the evidence or material on which the
Court relied in making such determination.''.
(d) Applicability.--(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the
amendments made by this section shall take effect on the date of the
enactment of this Act.
(2) The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b)(2) shall apply
with respect to any appeal filed with the United States Court of
Appeals for Veterans Claims--
(A) on or after the date of the enactment of this Act; or
(B) before the date of the enactment of this Act, but in
which a final decision has not been made under section 7291 of
title 38, United States Code, as of that date.

SEC. 3. REVIEW BY COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FEDERAL CIRCUIT OF DECISIONS
OF LAW OF COURT OF APPEALS OF VETERANS CLAIMS.

(a) Review.--Section 7292(c) of title 38, United States Code, is
amended in the first sentence by inserting after ''the validity of''
the following: ''a decision of the Court of Veterans Appeals on a rule
of law or of''.
(b) Applicability.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take
effect on the date of the enactment of this Act, and shall apply with
respect to any appeal--
(1) filed with the United States Court of Appeals for the
Federal Circuit on or after the date of the enactment of this
Act; or
(2) pending with the United States Court of Appeals for the
Federal Circuit as of the date of the enactment of this Act in
which a final decision has not been rendered as of that date.

SEC. 4. AUTHORITY OF COURT OF APPEALS FOR VETERANS CLAIMS TO AWARD FEES
UNDER EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACT FOR NON-ATTORNEY
PRACTITIONERS.

The authority of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans
Claims to award reasonable fees and expenses of attorneys under section
2412(b) of title 28, United States Code, shall include authority to
award fees and expenses of individuals admitted to practice before the
Court as non-attorney practitioners under subsection (b) or (c) of Rule
46 of the Rules of Practice and Procedure of the United States Court of
Appeals for Veterans Claims as if such non-attorney practitioners were
attorneys admitted to practice before the Court.
Output:
Allows only the Federal Circuit for the U.S. Court of Appeals to review and set aside changes made by the Department of Veterans Affairs to the schedule for veterans' disability ratings found to be arbitrary and capricious or in violation of a Federal statute.Requires the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (CAVC) to apply a preponderance of the evidence standard when reviewing findings of fact made by the Board of Veterans' Appeals.Permits the Federal Circuit to review CAVC decisions on questions of law.Allows the CAVC, when awarding attorney fees under the Equal Access to Justice Act, to award compensation to qualified non-attorney representatives appearing before the CAVC.