; or (2) require review by the General Counsel. . (b) Study and report on certain OGC opinions (1) Study Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in consultation with the General Counsel of the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Chairman of the Board of Veterans’ Appeals, shall complete a study to identify issues about which an opinion from the General Counsel of the Department would foster consistency in the decisions of the Secretary with respect to claims for benefits under the laws administered by the Secretary. (2) Report Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives a report that contains the findings of the study required by paragraph (1). 3. Improvements to system for adjudication of claims for benefits under laws administered by Secretary of Veterans Affairs (a) Program for quality assurance in decisions of Board of Veterans’ Appeals; performance reviews (1) In general Section 7101 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: (f) (1) The Chairman shall carry out a program to ensure quality in the decisions of the Board. Under such program, the Chairman shall— (A) develop policies and procedures for— (i) measuring quality in such decisions; (ii) maintaining data on— (I) errors in such decisions; and (II) errors in decisions remanded or returned to the Board by the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims; and (iii) ensuring any such decision of the Board to remand a claim for a benefit under a law administered by the Secretary is necessary under any applicable law or regulation; (B) with respect to a claim for such a benefit that is remanded to the Board by the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims— (i) inform any employee of the Board responsible for drafting the decision of the Board with respect to such claim that such decision was remanded