The National Veterans Advocate Act of 2025 seeks to significantly improve advocacy for veterans by establishing an independent Office of the National Veterans' Advocate within the Department of Veterans Affairs. This new office, led by a National Veterans' Advocate who reports directly to the Secretary, replaces the former Office of Patient Advocacy and aims to ensure greater autonomy in addressing veteran concerns. The bill also renames all "patient advocates" to "veteran advocates," reflecting a broader scope of support. The Act greatly expands the Office's functions, empowering it to monitor VA processes, identify systemic problems veterans encounter, and propose administrative and legislative solutions. A key provision mandates that the National Veterans' Advocate submit semi-annual reports to Congress , which must include independent legislative recommendations for improving veteran health outcomes, VA care quality, and cost efficiency, without prior review by other VA officials. The Office is also authorized to manage casework issues across the Department and will maintain a publicly accessible website with a casework request portal . To ensure comprehensive support, the bill establishes Deputy National Veterans' Advocates in each Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) and requires a minimum staffing ratio of one veteran advocate for every 12,000 enrolled veterans. It also mandates annual training for all veteran advocates, with a curriculum developed in coordination with various stakeholders, and authorizes $25,000,000 for each fiscal year from 2026 through 2030 to fund these improvements.