diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index a61b1123e90..71579c27889 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ gem "paranoia", "~> 2.2"
 gem "pdf-forms"
 # Used in Caseflow Dispatch
 gem "pdfjs_viewer-rails", git: "https://github.com/senny/pdfjs_viewer-rails.git", ref: "a4249eacbf70175db63b57e9f364d0a9a79e2b43"
-#Used to build out PDF files on the backend
-#https://github.com/pdfkit/pdfkit
+# Used to build out PDF files on the backend
+# https://github.com/pdfkit/pdfkit
 gem "pdfkit"
 gem "pg", platforms: :ruby
 # Application server: Puma
@@ -61,9 +61,9 @@ gem "rails", "5.2.4.6"
 gem "rainbow"
 # React
 gem "react_on_rails", "11.3.0"
+gem "redis-mutex"
 gem "redis-namespace"
 gem "redis-rails", "~> 5.0.2"
-gem 'redis-mutex'
 gem "request_store"
 gem "roo", "~> 2.7"
 # Use SCSS for stylesheets
diff --git a/app/models/end_product_establishment.rb b/app/models/end_product_establishment.rb
index 127e448a656..fbc86f7af49 100644
--- a/app/models/end_product_establishment.rb
+++ b/app/models/end_product_establishment.rb
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@
 # the current status of the EP when the EndProductEstablishment is synced.
 
 class EndProductEstablishment < CaseflowRecord
-  # Using macro-style definition. The locking scope will be TheClass#method and only one method can run at any given time.
+  # Using macro-style definition. The locking scope will be TheClass
+  # method and only one method can run at any given time.
   include RedisMutex::Macro
 
   belongs_to :source, polymorphic: true
@@ -27,7 +28,8 @@ class EndProductEstablishment < CaseflowRecord
   #                 # It is NOT recommended to go below 0.01. (default: 0.1)
   # :expire => 10   # Specify in seconds when the lock should be considered stale when something went wrong
   #                 # with the one who held the lock and failed to unlock. (default: 10)
-  # auto_mutex :sync!, block: 60, expire: 100, after_failure: lambda { Rails.logger.error('failed to acquire lock! EPE sync is being called by another process. Please try again later.') }
+  # auto_mutex :sync!, block: 60, expire: 100, after_failure: lambda { Rails.logger.error('failed to acquire lock!
+  # EPE sync is being called by another process. Please try again later.') }
 
   # allow @veteran to be assigned to save upstream calls
   attr_writer :veteran
@@ -59,7 +61,7 @@ def active
       # We only know the set of inactive EP statuses
       # We also only know the EP status after fetching it from BGS
       # Therefore, our definition of active is when the EP is either
-      #   not known or not known to be inactive
+      # not known or not known to be inactive
       established.where("synced_status NOT IN (?) OR synced_status IS NULL", EndProduct::INACTIVE_STATUSES)
     end
   end
@@ -211,23 +213,20 @@ def cancel_unused_end_product!
   end
 
   def sync!
-    RedisMutex.with_lock("EndProductEstablishment:#{id}", block: 60, expire: 100) do    # key => "EndProductEstablishment:id"
+    RedisMutex.with_lock("EndProductEstablishment:#{id}", block: 60, expire: 100) do
+      # key => "EndProductEstablishment:id"
       # There is no need to sync end_product_status if the status
       # is already inactive since an EP can never leave that state
       return true unless status_active?
-
       fail EstablishedEndProductNotFound, id unless result
 
       # load contentions now, in case "source" needs them.
-      # this VBMS call is slow and will cause the transaction below
-      # to timeout in some cases.
+      # this VBMS call is slow and will cause the transaction below to timeout in some cases.
       contentions unless result.status_type_code == EndProduct::STATUSES.key("Canceled")
 
       transaction do
-        update!(
-          synced_status: result.status_type_code,
-          last_synced_at: Time.zone.now
-        )
+        update!(synced_status: result.status_type_code,
+                last_synced_at: Time.zone.now)
         status_cancelled? ? handle_cancelled_ep! : sync_source!
         close_request_issues_with_no_decision!
       end
@@ -235,7 +234,7 @@ def sync!
       save_updated_end_product_code!
     end
   rescue RedisMutex::LockError
-    Rails.logger.error('failed to acquire lock! EPE sync is being called by another process. Please try again later.')
+    Rails.logger.error("failed to acquire lock! EPE sync is being called by another process. Please try again later.")
   rescue EstablishedEndProductNotFound, AppealRepository::AppealNotValidToReopen => error
     raise error
   rescue StandardError => error
diff --git a/db/seeds/vbms_ext_claim.rb b/db/seeds/vbms_ext_claim.rb
index 3cc0a3f6f4c..e0d25ac3798 100644
--- a/db/seeds/vbms_ext_claim.rb
+++ b/db/seeds/vbms_ext_claim.rb
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 # => removes the audit tables; removes all PriorityEndProductSyncQueue, BatchProcess, and seed records; recreates audit tables
 #
 # To destroy the records mentioned above and re-seed, run 'make reseed-vbms-ext-claim'
+# Disable :reek:InstanceVariableAssumption
 module Seeds
   class VbmsExtClaim < Base
 
@@ -66,8 +67,8 @@ def create_out_of_sync_epes_and_vbms_ext_claims
         @file_number += 1
 
         end_product_establishment = create_end_product_establishment(:active_hlr_with_cleared_vbms_ext_claim, veteran)
-        request_issue1 = create_request_issue(:rating, end_product_establishment)
-        request_issue2 = create_request_issue(:nonrating, end_product_establishment)
+        created_request_issue_one = create_request_issue(:rating, end_product_establishment)
+        created_request_issue_two = create_request_issue(:nonrating, end_product_establishment)
       end
 
       # 25 High Level Review, End Product Establishments that have a sync_status of "CAN" and are out_of_sync with
@@ -77,8 +78,8 @@ def create_out_of_sync_epes_and_vbms_ext_claims
         @file_number += 1
 
         end_product_establishment = create_end_product_establishment(:canceled_hlr_with_cleared_vbms_ext_claim, veteran)
-        request_issue1 = create_request_issue(:rating, end_product_establishment)
-        request_issue2 = create_request_issue(:nonrating, end_product_establishment)
+        created_request_issue_one = create_request_issue(:rating, end_product_establishment)
+        created_request_issue_two = create_request_issue(:nonrating, end_product_establishment)
       end
 
       # 25 Supplemental Claims, End Product Establishments that have a sync_status of "CLR" and are out_of_sync with
@@ -88,8 +89,8 @@ def create_out_of_sync_epes_and_vbms_ext_claims
         @file_number += 1
 
         end_product_establishment = create_end_product_establishment(:cleared_supp_with_canceled_vbms_ext_claim, veteran)
-        request_issue1 = create_request_issue(:rating, end_product_establishment)
-        request_issue2 = create_request_issue(:nonrating, end_product_establishment)
+        created_request_issue_one = create_request_issue(:rating, end_product_establishment)
+        created_request_issue_two = create_request_issue(:nonrating, end_product_establishment)
       end
 
       # 25 Supplemental Claims, End Product Establishments that have a sync_status of "PEND" and are out_of_sync with
@@ -99,8 +100,8 @@ def create_out_of_sync_epes_and_vbms_ext_claims
         @file_number += 1
 
         end_product_establishment = create_end_product_establishment(:active_supp_with_canceled_vbms_ext_claim, veteran)
-        request_issue1 = create_request_issue(:rating, end_product_establishment)
-        request_issue2 = create_request_issue(:nonrating, end_product_establishment)
+        created_request_issue_one = create_request_issue(:rating, end_product_establishment)
+        created_request_issue_two = create_request_issue(:nonrating, end_product_establishment)
       end
 	  end
 
@@ -118,8 +119,8 @@ def create_in_sync_epes_and_vbms_ext_claims
         @file_number += 1
 
         end_product_establishment = create_end_product_establishment(:canceled_hlr_with_canceled_vbms_ext_claim, veteran)
-        request_issue1 = create_request_issue(:rating, end_product_establishment)
-        request_issue2 = create_request_issue(:nonrating, end_product_establishment)
+        created_request_issue_one = create_request_issue(:rating, end_product_establishment)
+        created_request_issue_two = create_request_issue(:nonrating, end_product_establishment)
       end
 
       # 25 High Level Review, End Product Establishments that have a sync_status of "CLR"" and are in_sync with
@@ -129,8 +130,8 @@ def create_in_sync_epes_and_vbms_ext_claims
         @file_number += 1
 
         end_product_establishment = create_end_product_establishment(:cleared_hlr_with_cleared_vbms_ext_claim, veteran)
-        request_issue1 = create_request_issue(:rating, end_product_establishment)
-        request_issue2 = create_request_issue(:nonrating, end_product_establishment)
+        created_request_issue_one = create_request_issue(:rating, end_product_establishment)
+        created_request_issue_two = create_request_issue(:nonrating, end_product_establishment)
       end
 
       # 25 Supplemental Claims, End Product Establishments that have a sync_status of "CLR" and are in_sync with
@@ -140,8 +141,8 @@ def create_in_sync_epes_and_vbms_ext_claims
         @file_number += 1
 
         end_product_establishment = create_end_product_establishment(:cleared_supp_with_cleared_vbms_ext_claim, veteran)
-        request_issue1 = create_request_issue(:rating, end_product_establishment)
-        request_issue2 = create_request_issue(:nonrating, end_product_establishment)
+        created_request_issue_one = create_request_issue(:rating, end_product_establishment)
+        created_request_issue_two = create_request_issue(:nonrating, end_product_establishment)
       end
 
       # 25 Supplemental Claims, End Product Establishments that have a sync_status of "CAN" and are in sync with
@@ -151,8 +152,8 @@ def create_in_sync_epes_and_vbms_ext_claims
         @file_number += 1
 
         end_product_establishment = create_end_product_establishment(:canceled_supp_with_canceled_vbms_ext_claim, veteran)
-        request_issue1 = create_request_issue(:rating, end_product_establishment)
-        request_issue2 = create_request_issue(:nonrating, end_product_establishment)
+        created_request_issue_one = create_request_issue(:rating, end_product_establishment)
+        created_request_issue_two = create_request_issue(:nonrating, end_product_establishment)
       end
     end
 
@@ -177,10 +178,10 @@ def create_vbms_ext_claims_with_no_end_product_establishment
 
     # 'trait' will update the following EPE columns:
     # synced_status, established_at, modifier, code
-
     # additionally, the following records will be created:
     # an HLR or SC
     # a VbmsExtClaim
+    # :reek:FeatureEnvy
     def create_end_product_establishment(trait, veteran)
       create(:end_product_establishment,
               trait,
diff --git a/lib/tasks/custom_seed.rake b/lib/tasks/custom_seed.rake
index f082fb45e8b..d675dfd842c 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/custom_seed.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/custom_seed.rake
@@ -14,11 +14,5 @@ namespace :db do
         Seeds.const_get(class_name).new.seed!
       end
     end
-
-    task :all => :environment do
-      Dir[File.join(Rails.root, "db", "seeds", "*.rb")].sort.each do |filename|
-        load(filename)
-      end
-    end
   end
 end