01/30/2013
https://www.congress.gov...
"Statement of Senator Blumenthal"
"to reform the rights and processes relating to appeals of decisions regarding claims for benefits under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes"
"MOAA thanks Senator Richard Blumenthal for his leadership in this area."
"If you have a result in a trial court and it is done quickly but then you have to wait years, perhaps decades, for justice on an appeal, the speed of the result in the trial court is irrelevant."