 Additional case management and Alternate Dispute Resolution powers were provided to the Board in the "Veterans'Affairs Legislation Amendment (Mental Health and Other Measures ) Act 2014".The Board commenced a trial of alternate dispute resolution 'ADR' in Sydney for new matters received from 1 Jan 15.The trial of ADR was found in an independent review conducted by Stephen Skeehill to be an 'outstanding success' with close to 60% of matters that went through ADR being finalized within 2 months as compared to the more traditional VRB processes where the average was about 1 year.