Praise for President Trump signing The Veterans Appeals Improvement and Modernization Act of 2017

Contact Your Elected Officials

Secretary of Veterans Affairs Dr. David Shulkin: โ€œTodayโ€™s appeals legislation was last updated in the 1930s. The Presidentโ€™s signature today will help thousands of Veterans receive timely action on their appeals. We have to do better and get faster decisions for our Veterans.โ€

Senator Johnny Isakson (R-GA): โ€œFor far too long, our veterans have faced unacceptable delays in their claims appeals. With this legislation, weโ€™re going to reduce the time it takes for our veterans to get a decision and increase the opportunity for them to receive their just benefits. I am pleased that this legislation moved quickly to reach the presidentโ€™s desk and to be signed into law.โ€

Chairman of the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Mike Bost (R-IL): โ€œThis new law is vitally important for Americaโ€™s heroes and their families. Too many veterans are faced with intolerable delays during the VAโ€™s benefits claims appeal process. By modernizing the system, we can now ensure they get the help they need in a more efficient and effective manner. I thank my colleagues in Congress โ€“ both Republican and Democrat โ€“ for working together across the aisle to help our nationโ€™s heroes. I also want to thank President Trump for signing this legislation into law and prioritizing veteransโ€™ issues.โ€

Chairman of the House Committee on Veteransโ€™ Affairs Phil Roe (R-TN): โ€œFor far too long, veterans with pending appeals on their disability claims have been stuck in an outdated and cumbersome process. In the last two fiscal years, the number of pending appeals increased almost 20 percent, meaning nearly half a million veterans are in limbo waiting for a decision on their appeal. This is absolutely unacceptable, which is why the House Committee on Veteransโ€™ Affairs, led by Subcommittee Chairman Bost, came together to move legislation that will modernize the appeals process. In keeping with the committeeโ€™s tradition of bipartisanship, the Veterans Appeals Improvement and Modernization Act of 2017 was cosponsored by every single member of the committee. This new law will create three lanes for appeals claims which will undoubtedly speed up the appeals process and give veterans the certainty they deserve. I thank President Trump for signing this important legislation into law and commend my colleagues on the committee for their leadership on this bill, especially DAMA Subcommittee Chairman Bost and Subcommittee Ranking Member Esty.โ€

The American Legion: โ€œTodayโ€™s signing is a major victory for Americaโ€™s veterans. I can think of no better place for the president to sign this bill than at the national convention of Americaโ€™s largest and most influential veterans service organization. The legislation is a simple, fair and appropriate way to ensure that our nationโ€™s veterans โ€” and their families โ€” receive their earned benefits in a timely and efficient manner.โ€

Paralyzed Veterans of America: โ€œThe Veterans Appeals Improvement and Modernization Law represents a major step toward ensuring justice for the veterans, dependents and survivors who believe in their entitlement to a denied benefit. These people arenโ€™t asking for a handout; they simply want fairness and timely review when they file appeals. Paralyzed Veterans of America fights on behalf of the most catastrophically disabled veterans with the most complex claims in the system. Our unrivaled expertise is often challenged by a labyrinthine, protracted review process where a growing backlog, coupled with inconsistent and arbitrary decisions, hurt those who rate the benefits theyโ€™re pursuing. For those appellants who choose to file without an accredited representative, itโ€™s nearly impossible to get a fair decision. We commend the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for hearing our concerns and working with us to preserve due process and develop new and improved standards. This new law is a culmination of those efforts. It is also a significant win for President Trump and VA Secretary Shulkin, both of whom are keeping their promise to veterans with the passage of this law.โ€

Veterans of Foreign Wars: โ€œTodayโ€™s signing is the culmination of more than a yearโ€™s work by the VFW and other partner organizations with Congress and the VA to build consensus on how to better help veterans access their benefits. Under the old system, appeals could take up to five years or longer to adjudicate, and veterans had no way out. Maintaining the status quo was unacceptable, so the VFW and our partners acted with a unified voice. As a former veteransโ€™ service officer myself, I know first-hand that many of the veterans the VFW helps every day to access their earned benefits will be better served under this new framework. We look forward to working with the Department of Veterans Affairs to make sure this new framework results in timely, understandable and accurate benefits decisions for veterans. Ending sequestration and fixing the VA are the VFWโ€™s top two legislative initiatives. The passage of all three bills are great leaps toward fixing the VA and restoring the faith of veterans in their VA โ€” all thanks to a united Congress and a new president who vowed during the campaign trail that he would take care of veterans, service members and their families, and who has so far been true in both word and deed.โ€

Disabled American Veterans: โ€œFor far too long, veterans have faced unnecessary and unacceptable delays within the current VA disability appeals system, on average taking between three to five yearsโ€”sometimes longerโ€”to complete. Passage of the Veterans Appeals Improvement and Modernization Act of 2017 into law today marks an important step forward in creating a more timely and accurate system for processing veteransโ€™ appeals.โ€

Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America: โ€œToday, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, the leading voice of the Post-9/11 generation of veterans, applauded the Presidentโ€™s signing of the VA Appeals Modernization Act of 2017 (H.R. 2288) into law. This long awaited improvement to the appeals system will make the process more efficient and help prevent a VA claims backlog, which for years forced veterans to delay critical health care or pay for care themselves, causing financial distress.โ€

House Republican Conference Chair Cathy McMorris Rogers (R-WA): โ€œThe VA has one mission: to serve our veterans. Part of rolling out the red carpet for our heroes is ensuring that they donโ€™t get caught in a benefits claims backlog. With thousands of veterans waiting for decisions, the reforms in Rep. Bost and Sen. Isaksonโ€™s bill are long overdue and much-needed. Thanks to their hard work and President Trumpโ€™s continued commitment to our veterans, the VA will soon be one step closer to being reconnected with its mission.โ€

Rep. Dina Titus (D-NV): โ€œHaving led the effort to reform the VA appeals process for more than four years, I am pleased that this legislation I introduced last year will finally become law. To develop this new system, I held hearings and convened a working group consisting of the VA, VSOs, and other experts to modernize a process that has not been updated since the 1980s. What the president signed today is a result of hard work, collaboration, cooperation, and creativity to fix a snarled system that will improve the lives of veterans. Now we must work to ensure that it is quickly and carefully implemented by the VA and the VSOs.โ€

Rep. Kevin Cramer (R-ND): โ€œOur veterans deserve the same access and quality of care that everyone else receives in this country. Unfortunately, with the massive backlog of appeals at the VA, they are not receiving the care we promised them. With President Trumpโ€™s signing the Veterans Appeals Improvement and Modernization Act today, the half million veterans who are still waiting for a resolution regarding their VA benefits will finally get a response in a timely manner. I applaud the President for making this a priority.โ€

The Thinking Conservative
The Thinking Conservativehttps://www.thethinkingconservative.com/
The goal of THE THINKING CONSERVATIVE is to help us educate ourselves on conservative topics of importance to our freedom and our pursuit of happiness. We do this by sharing conservative opinions on all kinds of subjects, from all types of people, and all kinds of media, in a way that will challenge our perceptions and help us to make educated choices.

The America Party Will Harm Democrats The Most

Elon Musk formed the America Party after an X poll asking his followers if they wanted โ€œindependence from the two-party system!

Democrats Exhibit the Dunning-Kruger Effect (DKE)

โ€œThe Dunning-Kruger effect is a cognitive bias where people with low ability at a task overestimate their competence, while those with high ability underestimate their competence.

250 Countdown

Those 56 intrepid men who signed put their very lives, honor and fortunes on the line. There was no auto-quill to accommodate their signatures.ย 

How the Senate Parliamentarian Changed the OBBB

An unelected bureaucrat does a important job in the U.S. Senate. Elizabeth MacDonough enforces senate rules on Trumpโ€™s โ€œOne Big Beautiful Billโ€.

Bioterror Roundup: CDC Director Nominee Is a Monster + New mRNA Pregnancy Studies

Bioterror Propaganda Roundup: The latest updates on the โ€œnew...

Trump to Meet With Netanyahu Following Iran Strikes Amid Cease-Fire Talks

President Donald Trump is set to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on the evening of July 7, 2025.

Death Toll From Texas Floods Rises to 82, Including 28 Children; Trump Plans Visit

Days after catastrophic flash floods in central Texas, rescuers are still searching for potential survivors, including 27 girls who went missing from camp.

Trump Signs Major Disaster Declaration Over Texas Flooding

President Trump signed major disaster declaration for Kerr County, TX, following floods leaving dozens dead and FEMA has been activated to respond.

Storm Chantal Makes Landfall in Carolinas, Weakens to Tropical Depression

Chantal weakened into a tropical depression, and tropical storm warnings previously issued for parts of North and South Carolina were discontinued.

White House Asks Americans to Pray After Deadly Texas Flooding

White Houseโ€™s Faith Office said in a statement that it is asking people โ€œto join us in prayer for the precious lives lost in the Texas floods,โ€

Trump Threatens BRICS-Aligned Nations With 10 Percent Tariff

President Donald Trump said on Sunday that an additional 10 percent tariff will be imposed on countries aligning with BRICS policies.

Trump Signs Tariff Letters to 12 Nations Ahead of Looming Deadline

President Trump has signed letters that will be sent to around a dozen nations ahead of next weekโ€™s deadline to reach a trade agreement..

Trump Says US Will Hold Talks With China on Possible TikTok Deal Next Week

President Donald Trump told reporters on Friday that U.S. officials would begin talks with China about a potential TikTok deal next week.
spot_img

Related Articles