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"D. Out of the amounts appropriated in this Item, $30,000 each year from the general fund is provided for the continued development of an automated system for the processing of veterans' claims, including improvements to the agency's existing computer systems. In designing this automated claims processing system, the agency shall ensure that the appropriate information is collected on veterans' claims in order to expedite processing of Virginia veterans' claims by the U.S. Department of Veterans' Affairs and that any system developed is capable of electronically submitting veterans' claims to the U.S. Department of Veterans' Affairs as that federal agency develops such capabilities in the future." |