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HR 4843 115th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Asia Birth defects Child health Conflicts and wars Disability and paralysis Hazardous wastes and toxic substances Military facilities and property Military operations and strategy Neurological disorders Thailand Veterans' pensions and compensation Vietnam Vocational and technical education

To modify the presumption of service connection for veterans who were exposed to herbicide agents while serving in the Armed Forces in Thailand during the Vietnam era, and for other purposes.

Introduced: January 18, 2018 Introduced by: Westerman, Bruce Republican · Arkansas See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Jan 18, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Jan 18, 2018
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Jan 18, 2018
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to ensure that if it creates a presumption of service connection between the occurrence of a disease and exposure to a herbicide agent while serving in the Armed Forces during the Vietnam era at a military base in Thailand, such presumption shall also apply to exposure to a herbicide agent while serving in the Armed Forces during the Vietnam era at any military base in Thailand without regard to where on the base the veteran was located or what military job specialty the veteran performed.

The VA may provide to any spina bifida-affected child of a veteran who served on active duty in Thailand beginning on January 9, 1962, and ending on May 7, 1975, and who was exposed to a herbicide agent during such service, the same health care, vocational training and rehabilitation, and monetary allowance required to be paid to a similarly affected child of a Vietnam veteran.

What's happening now January 18, 2018

Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.

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