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S 1381 116th Congress Senate 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

A bill 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: May 9, 2019 Introduced by: Boozman, John Republican · Arkansas See on congress.gov
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May 9, 2019
Introduced in Senate
May 9, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill requires 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 an herbicide agent while serving in the Armed Forces during the Vietnam era at a military base in Thailand, such presumption must also apply to exposure at any military base in Thailand, regardless of where on the base the veteran was located or what military job specialty the veteran performed.

Additionally, the bill extends eligibility for VA health care, vocational training and rehabilitation, and monetary allowance to children with spina bifida who have at least one veteran parent who may have been exposed to an herbicide agent while serving in Thailand between January 9, 1962, and May 7, 1975.

What's happening now May 9, 2019

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

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