hi everyone Thanks for tuning in for an update concerning the board of veterans Appeals
as of today the bva has not yet submitted a Chairman's annual report as required by
the law for fiscal year 2022. the board of veterans appeals Chairman's annual report is
a detailed report of the bva structure and activities during the previous fiscal year
the law requires the board's chairman to submit an annual report at the end of each fiscal year
the Chairman's report was due at the end of fiscal year 2022 which ended on September 30th 2022.
right now it is July of 2023 meaning that we are in the final quarter of fiscal year 2023.
and there's still no report from the bva chairman covering fiscal year 2022.
today we'll dig into what the Chairman's report is and the implications of the lack of a report
for fiscal year 2022 at this point in time title 38 of the U.S code section
7101 subsection D outlines the information that the Chairman's report must include such as the
number of board decisions and cases pending at the beginning and end of the fiscal year
the length of time it took the board to decide a case during the fiscal year issue
and the number of board members and other Personnel employed at the board the Chairman's
report typically includes projections for the current and next fiscal years like an estimated
number of cases to be appealed to the board and an evaluation of the board's ability based on
existing and projected Staffing levels to ensure that timely decisions are being made for veterans
the Chairman's report is one of the documents that must by law be submitted for consideration
in the president's budget submission at the beginning of every year in either
January or February the president submits a U.S government budget for the following fiscal year
the president's budget includes information from executive agencies like the Department
of Veterans Affairs and the Chairman's report is an important piece of the va's department budget
so now that we know what the Chairman's annual report is and what information it contains we now
need to discuss the why why does it matter that the bva Chairman's annual report for fiscal year
2022 hasn't been submitted again the Chairman's report was due at the end of fiscal year 2022.
we know that a few months after the conclusion of fiscal year 2022 the president submitted a
U.S government budget in early 2023. and we know that the information concerning fiscal
year 2022 required by law to be reported by the bva chairman factors into the appropriation of
funds for the Department of Veterans Affairs the lack of an annual bva Chairman's report means less
transparency into the board's operations productivity spending and effectiveness
the law required the bva chairman to submit an annual report before the president submitted a
government budget earlier this year so that the president can rely on information concerning the
bva in recommending a broader VA budget but that did not happen without the board's annual report
Congress may have difficulty appropriating funding to best serve veterans taxpayers don't
have the information that they need to discern the effectiveness of the board's functioning
and Leadership at the board has no way to be held accountable for core performance if they
won't release the data by which they should be evaluated we will keep you updated on this issue
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