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 herbicide agents, and for other purposes.
Introduced: August 1, 2008
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 1, 2008
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Aug 1, 2008
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
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
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Committees of jurisdiction
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