Veterans Appeals Act passes U.S. Senate

A bill aimed at easing veterans ability to appeal VA cases has passed the U.S. Senate and now moves to the House.
Today, the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee approved legislation, co-sponsored by U.S. Senator Thad Cochran, to help veterans challenge their rejected bids for VA benefits.
The Veterans Appeals Improvement and Modernization Act of 2017 is intended to tackle the backlog of appeals by creating three new options for veterans to challenge the denial of benefits.
Mississippi veterans are among the nearly half million veterans whose appeals cases exist in the veterans affairs backlog.