(a) In general
The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall prescribe regulations to ensure that—
(1) a veteran may, for the purposes of submitting a claim for the reimbursement of expenses for travel under section 111 of title 38, United States Code—
(A) obtain a physical copy of the covered form—
(i) by mail, upon the request of such veteran; or
(ii) at any medical facility of the Department of Veterans Affairs; and
(B) submit the covered form to any such medical facility in person or by mail; and
(2) any such medical facility to which a veteran submits the covered form—
(A) evaluates such covered form; and
(B) processes any claim associated with such covered form, if applicable.
(b) Covered form defined
In this section, the term covered form means Department of Veterans Affairs Form 10–3452 (or any successor document).