Improvements to processes relating to appeals of decisions regarding claims for benefits under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs

(a) Evidentiary docket Subsection (c) of section 7113 is amended to read as follows: (c) Cases with no request for a hearing and with a request for additional evidence For cases in which a hearing is not requested in the notice of disagreement but an opportunity to submit evidence is requested, the evidentiary record before the Board shall be limited to evidence submitted by the appellant and his or her representative, if any, at any time before the date that is 90 days following receipt of the notice of disagreement.. (b) Hearing docket Subsection (b) of such section is amended to read as follows: (b) Cases with a request for a hearing For cases in which a hearing is requested in the notice of disagreement, the evidentiary record before the Board shall be limited to evidence submitted by the appellant and his or her representative, if any, at any time before the date that is 90 days following the Board hearing.. (c) Docket flexibility Section 7107(e) of such title is amended— (1) by inserting (1) before The Secretary; and (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraphs: (2) The Secretary shall develop and implement a policy allowing an appellant to withdraw an appeal in the appellant's case by filing a supplemental claim to the agency of original jurisdiction at any time without losing continuous pursuit in cases in which— (A) the appellant has not submitted new evidence for the case or the case has not had a Board hearing; and (B) the case has not been decided by the Board. (3) The Secretary’s policy developed and implemented under paragraph (1) shall allow the appellant to move the appellant's case from one docket to another docket at any time without losing continuous pursuit in cases in which— (A) the appellant has not submitted new evidence for the case or the case has not had a Board hearing; and (B) the case has not been decided by the Board..