HR 1838
108th Congress
House
Armed Forces and National Security
Anxiety
Bone diseases
Climate
Disabled
Ex-prisoners of war
Health
Liver diseases
Mental depression
Mental illness
Veterans' disability compensation
To amend title 38, United States Code, to revise the presumptions of service-connection relating to diseases and disabilities of former prisoners of war.
Introduced: April 29, 2003
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Everywhere this bill has been
7 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 16, 2003
See Public Law 108-183.
Nov 19, 2003
Provision incorporated. See H. R. 2297, as amended, Title II, Section 201.
Jun 25, 2003
Provision incorporated. See H. R. 2297, Section 11.
Jun 9, 2003
Executive Comment Requested from Veterans' Affairs.
Jun 6, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits.
Apr 29, 2003
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Apr 29, 2003
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Revises Federal provisions relating to the presumption of service-connection for certain diseases manifest in former prisoners of war to consider the following diseases to have been incurred in or aggravated by military service without any minimum period of internment (currently, internment of at least 30 days is required): psychosis; any of the anxiety states; dysthymic disorder; organic residuals of frostbite when consistent with prisoner conditions; and post-traumatic osteoarthritis.
Adds cirrhosis of the liver to the list of diseases which will be considered as having been incurred in or aggravated by such service if: (1) the veteran was interned for at least 30 days; and (2) the disease becomes manifest to a degree of ten percent or more after active military service.
What's happening now
See Public Law 108-183.
Committees of jurisdiction
2
Cosponsors
1