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Justice for Vaccine Injured Veterans Act of 2025

Introduced: February 27, 2025 Introduced by: Davidson, Warren Republican · Ohio See on congress.gov

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Mar 27, 2025

Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.

Feb 27, 2025

Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Feb 27, 2025

Introduced in House

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Justice for Vaccine Injured Veterans Act of 2025

This bill establishes a presumption of service-connection for certain conditions that become manifest in a member of the Armed Forces who received a COVID-19 vaccine under orders any time from August 24, 2021, through January 10, 2023. Under a presumption of service-connection, specific conditions diagnosed in certain veterans are presumed to have been caused by the circumstances of their military service. Health care benefits and disability compensation may then be awarded.

Specifically, the bill establishes a presumption of service-connection, regardless of whether there is a record of evidence of the condition during a servicemember's period of service, for myocarditis, pericarditis, thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome, Guillain-Barre Syndrome, and any other condition the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) determines is warranted based on a positive association with the COVID-19 vaccine. Under the bill, if the VA determines an additional condition should be specified, it must submit a notice of such determination to Congress.

The VA must also report to Congress every 60 days for four years regarding claims for compensation related to a condition associated with the COVID-19 vaccine. Such reports must be made publicly available.

What's happening now March 27, 2025

Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.

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