38 U.S.C. § 1305 — Reevaluation of dependency and indemnity compensation determinations pursuant to changes in presumptions of service connection

(a) Reevaluation. Whenever a law, including a regulation or Federal court decision or settlement, creates or changes a presumption of service connection, the Secretary^* must (1) identify dependency-and-indemnity compensation^* claims that were submitted, denied before the legal change took effect, and might have been decided differently if the change had applied; (2) let the claimant choose reevaluation; and (3) despite section 5110, for a claim approved after reevaluation, provide compensation as if the presumption had been in effect on the date the original claim was submitted.
(b) Outreach. (1) The Secretary must inform relevant claimants that they may choose reevaluation because of the new or changed presumption. (2) The outreach must include (A) an Internet notice on the Department’s website; (B) written or electronic notice to veterans’ service organizations about this option; and (C) contact with each identified claimant in the same way the Department^* last notified that claimant of a decision.