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S 1657 119th Congress Senate Armed Forces and National Security Veterans' medical care Veterans' pensions and compensation

Review Every Veteran’s Claim Act of 2025

Introduced: May 7, 2025 Introduced by: Banks, Jim Republican · Indiana See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 18, 2026
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Dec 10, 2025
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.
May 7, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
May 7, 2025
Introduced in Senate
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Review Every Veteran's Claim Act of 2025

This bill prohibits the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) from denying a claim for benefits on the sole basis that a veteran failed to appear for a medical examination provided by the VA in conjunction with the claim for benefits.

What's happening now March 18, 2026

Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1657: Review Every Veteran’s Claim Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1657/
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"S. 1657: Review Every Veteran’s Claim Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1657/.
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S. 1657, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1657/.
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