S. 1657 — Review Every Veteran’s Claim Act of 2025

This section amends limitations on the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) duty to assist claimants under 38 U.S.C. 5103A(d)—which generally requires VA to help obtain evidence for benefits claims, including medical examinations—as follows: (1) revises the subsection heading to apply to all "claims for benefits" (from "compensation claims"); (2) revises paragraph (2) to specify that VA is not required to "provide for a medical examination or obtain a medical opinion under" the section if specified conditions are met (previously, not required to "treat an examination or opinion as being necessary to make a decision on a claim for purposes of" the section); and (3) adds paragraph (3) prohibiting VA from denying a claim solely because a veteran failed to appear for a VA-provided medical examination. (Thus, VA must decide such claims based on other evidence of record.)