To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve procedural rights of persons whose claims for benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs are denied in whole or in part.

Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in any case in which there has been either a disallowance of a veterans benefits claim or a partially awarded claim, to provide to the claimant a written statement setting forth notice of procedural rights of the claimant and the rationale for the disallowance. Requires that such statement: (1) be provided at each procedural stage relating to the...