{"identifier":"/us/usc/t38/s7112","title":38,"num":"\u00a7\u202f7112.","heading":"Expedited treatment of certain claims","text":"\u00a7\u202f7112.\nExpedited treatment of certain claims\n(a)\nRemanded Claims.\u2014\nThe Secretary shall take such actions as may be necessary to provide for the expeditious treatment by the Board of any claim that is remanded to the Secretary by the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims.\n(b)\nClaims Involving Military Sexual Trauma.\u2014\nThe Board shall promptly determine whether a notice of disagreement filed with the Board is a covered case.\n(c)\nDefinitions.\u2014\nIn this section:\n(1) The term \u201ccovered case\u201d means a case\u2014\n(A) that concerns a claim for compensation based on military sexual trauma; and\n(B) for which the appellant has requested a hearing in the notice of disagreement filed with the Board pursuant to\nsection 7105 of this title\n(2) The term \u201cmilitary sexual trauma\u201d has the meaning given that term in\nsection 1166 of this title","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t38/s7112.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t38/s7112","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f7112."},{"t":"heading","text":"Expedited treatment of certain claims"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t38/s7112/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Remanded Claims.\u2014"},{"t":"content","text":"The Secretary shall take such actions as may be necessary to provide for the expeditious treatment by the Board of any claim that is remanded to the Secretary by the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t38/s7112/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Claims Involving Military Sexual Trauma.\u2014"},{"t":"content","text":"The Board shall promptly determine whether a notice of disagreement filed with the Board is a covered case.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t38/s7112/c","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(c)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Definitions.\u2014"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"In this section:"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t38/s7112/c/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" The term \u201ccovered case\u201d means a case\u2014"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t38/s7112/c/1/A","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(A)"},{"t":"content","text":" that concerns a claim for compensation based on military sexual trauma; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t38/s7112/c/1/B","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(B)"},{"t":"content","text":" for which the appellant has requested a hearing in the notice of disagreement filed with the Board pursuant to ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 7105 of this title","href":"/us/usc/t38/s7105","tail":"."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t38/s7112/c/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" The term \u201cmilitary sexual trauma\u201d has the meaning given that term in ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 1166 of this title","href":"/us/usc/t38/s1166","tail":"."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}