Expansion of jurisdiction of United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims and United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

(a) United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (1) Expansion Section 502 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking the Federal Circuit and inserting Veterans Claims. (2) Scope of review of certain claims Section 7261 of such title is amended— (A) in paragraph (4) of subsection (a), by striking clearly erroneous and inserting arbitrary and capricious; (B) by striking subsection (c); (C) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (c); and (D) in subsection (c) (as so redesignated), by striking shall review only questions raised as to compliance with and the validity of the regulation and inserting shall review such decision and the accompanying findings of fact by trial de novo. (b) United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (1) Expansion Section 1295(a) of title 28, United States Code, is amended— (A) in paragraph (13), by striking; and; (B) in paragraph (14), by striking the period at the end and inserting; and; and (C) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (15) of an appeal from a final decision of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims.. (2) Repeal of certain provision Section 7292 of title 38, United States Code, is repealed. (3) Conforming amendments Section 7252 of such title is amended by striking subsection (c).