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HR 6798 110th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Cancer Digestive diseases Disabled Health Veterans' disability compensation

To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish a presumption of service connection for certain cancers occurring in veterans who served in the Republic of Vietnam and were exposed to certain…

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To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish a presumption of service connection for certain cancers occurring in veterans who served in the Republic of Vietnam and were exposed to certain herbicide agents, and for other purposes.

Introduced: August 1, 2008 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Aug 1, 2008
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Presumes to be service-connected, and therefore compensable through veterans' disability compensation, cancers of any tissues through the opening of the gastrointestinal tract to the end, becoming manifest to a degree of disability of 10% or more.

What's happening now August 1, 2008

Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Sep 15, 2008
 R
Rogers, Mike D.
Alabama · Sep 9, 2008
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6798: To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish a presumption of service connection for certain cancers occurring in veterans who served in the Republic of Vietnam and were exposed to certain herbicide agents, and for other purposes.. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-6798/
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"H.R. 6798: To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish a presumption of service connection for certain cancers occurring in veterans who served in the Republic of Vietnam and were exposed to certain herbicide agents, and for other purposes.." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-6798/.
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H.R. 6798, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-6798/.
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[H.R. 6798: To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish a presumption of service connection for certain cancers occurring in veterans who served in the Republic of Vietnam and were exposed to certain herbicide agents, and for other purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-6798/)
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