38 USC § 7288 - Annual report

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title: "38 USC § 7288 - Annual report"
title_number: 38
title_name: "VETERANS’ BENEFITS"
section_number: "7288"
section_name: "Annual report"
chapter_number: 72
chapter_name: "UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR VETERANS CLAIMS"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS"
part_number: "V"
part_name: "BOARDS, ADMINISTRATIONS, AND SERVICES"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-21"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 110–389, title VI, § 604(a), Oct. 10, 2008, 122 Stat. 4178.)"
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# § 7288. Annual report

**(a)** **In General.—** The chief judge of the Court shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress each year a report summarizing the workload of the Court for the fiscal year ending during the preceding year.

**(b)** **Elements.—** Each report under subsection (a) shall include, with respect to the fiscal year covered by such report, the following information:

**(1)** The number of appeals filed with the Court.

**(2)** The number of petitions filed with the Court.

**(3)** The number of applications filed with the Court under section 2412 of title 28.

**(4)** The total number of dispositions by each of the following:

**(A)** The Court as a whole.

**(B)** The Clerk of the Court.

**(C)** A single judge of the Court.

**(D)** A multi-judge panel of the Court.

**(E)** The full Court.

**(5)** The number of each type of disposition by the Court, including settlement, affirmation, remand, vacation, dismissal, reversal, grant, and denial.

**(6)** The median time from filing an appeal to disposition by each of the following:

**(A)** The Court as a whole.

**(B)** The Clerk of the Court.

**(C)** A single judge of the Court.

**(D)** Multiple judges of the Court (including a multi-judge panel of the Court or the full Court).

**(7)** The median time from filing a petition to disposition by the Court.

**(8)** The median time from filing an application under section 2412 of title 28 to disposition by the Court.

**(9)** The median time from the completion of briefing requirements by the parties to disposition by the Court.

**(10)** The number of oral arguments before the Court.

**(11)** The number of cases appealed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

**(12)** The number and status of appeals and petitions pending with the Court and of applications described in paragraph (3) as of the end of such fiscal year.

**(13)** The number of cases pending with the Court more than 18 months as of the end of such fiscal year.

**(14)** A summary of any service performed for the Court by a recalled retired judge of the Court.

**(15)** An assessment of the workload of each judge of the Court, including consideration of the following:

**(A)** The time required of each judge for disposition of each type of case.

**(B)** The number of cases reviewed by the Court.

**(C)** The average workload of other Federal judges.

**(c)** **Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.—** In this section, the term “appropriate committees of Congress” means—

**(1)** the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate; and

**(2)** the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 110–389, title VI, § 604(a), Oct. 10, 2008, 122 Stat. 4178.)