1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Department of Veterans Affairs Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Processing Claims Improvement Act of 2023 . 2. Improving processing by Department of Veterans Affairs of disability claims for post-traumatic stress disorder (a) Training for claims processors who handle claims relating to post-Traumatic stress disorder (1) Update training programs Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall, acting through the Under Secretary for Benefits, update an ongoing, national training program for claims processors who review claims for compensation for service-connected post-traumatic stress disorder. (2) Participation required Beginning on the date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall require that each claims processor described in paragraph (1) participates in the training established under paragraph (1) at least once each year beginning in the second year in which the claims processor carries out the duties of the claims processor for the Department. (3) Required elements The training established under paragraph (1) shall include instruction on stressor development and verification. (b) Standardization of training at regional offices Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, acting through the Under Secretary, shall standardize the training provided at regional offices of the Veterans Benefits Administration to the employees of such regional offices. (c) Formal process for conduct of annual analysis of trends Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, acting through the Under Secretary, shall establish a formal process to analyze, on an annual basis, training needs based on identified processing error trends. (d) Formal process for conduct of annual studies (1) In general Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, acting through the Under Secretary,