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HR 7294 110th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Disability assistance Military personnel and dependents Veterans' pensions and compensation

To amend title 10, United States Code, to expand the authorized concurrent receipt of disability severance pay from the Department of Defense and compensation for the same disability under any law administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs to cover all veterans who have a combat-related disability, as defined under section 1413a of such title.

Introduced: November 19, 2008 Introduced by: Smith, Adam Democratic · Washington See on congress.gov
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Extends the authorized concurrent receipt of disability severance pay from the Department of Defense (DOD) and compensation for the same disability under any law administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to include all veterans with a combat-related disability. (Under current law, such concurrent receipt is limited to those veterans who incur a disability in the line of duty in a combat zone or during the performance of duty in combat-related operations.)

Makes such amendment effective as of January 28, 2008 (the date of enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008).

What's happening now November 19, 2008

Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

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