HR 1428
111th Congress
House
Armed Forces and National Security
Asia
Disability assistance
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Neurological disorders
Veterans' pensions and compensation
Vietnam
To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide wartime disability compensation for certain veterans with Parkinson's disease.
Introduced: March 11, 2009
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 13, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Mar 11, 2009
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Mar 11, 2009
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Adds Parkinson's disease (manifested to a degree of disability of 10% or more) to the list of diseases presumed to have been incurred in or aggravated by military service in Vietnam (and therefore compensable under veterans' disability compensation), notwithstanding that there is no evidence of the disease during the period of service, provided a veteran served between specified dates and was exposed to a herbicide used in military operations during that period.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
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