HR 2997
103th Congress
House
Armed Forces and National Security
Hodgkin's disease
Skin diseases
Veterans' disability compensation
Vietnam veterans
To amend title 38, United States Code, to codify the addition by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs of certain additional diseases to the list of diseases occurring in veterans that are considered to be service-connected.
Introduced: August 6, 1993
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4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 28, 1994
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Aug 16, 1993
Referred to the Subcommittee on Compensation, Pension and Insurance.
Aug 6, 1993
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Aug 6, 1993
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Adds Hodgkin's disease and porphyria cutanea tarda, both becoming manifest to a degree of ten percent or more, to the list of diseases that will be presumed to be service-connected, and, therefore, compensable under veterans' disability provisions, when suffered by Vietnam era veterans after serving on active duty in Vietnam.
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Subcommittee Hearings Held.
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