WASHINGTON — There are 72,000 hearings for veteran claims now pending before the Board of Veterans’ Appeals, an official for a federal watchdog agency told House lawmakers on Wednesday.

Morgan Luttrell, R-Texas, — would require the VA’s Board of Veterans' Appeals to identify errors made in claims judgments, report them to Congress, conduct additional training and institute ...

The Veterans Appeals Options Expansion Act would provide veterans with more choices to control how and when their appeal claims are processed by the VA Board of Veterans’ Appeals, Bost said.