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S 859 98th Congress Senate Armed Forces and National Security Insurance Military pensions Veterans' disability compensation

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to require the continued payment of disability compensation at an unreduced rate pending review and appeal of a determination to reduce or discontinue…

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A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to require the continued payment of disability compensation at an unreduced rate pending review and appeal of a determination to reduce or discontinue such compensation by reason of a change in service-connected or employability status or in physical condition in the case of any veteran whose disability has been rated as total for a period of at least ten years ending on the date such determination was made, who files a statement of disagreement with such determination, and who requests such continued payment, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 18, 1983 See on congress.gov
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Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 21, 1983
Committee on Veterans. Provisions of measure incorporated into measure S. 1388 ordered to be reported.
Jun 8, 1983
Committee on Veterans. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 98-626.
Mar 23, 1983
Committee on Veterans requested executive comment from VA, OMB.
Mar 18, 1983
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans.
Mar 18, 1983
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Prohibits the reduction of a rating of permanent total disability which has been continuously in force for ten years until a decision making such a reduction is final.

What's happening now July 21, 1983

Committee on Veterans. Provisions of measure incorporated into measure S. 1388 ordered to be reported.

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 Cosponsors 1
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Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · Mar 23, 1983
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 859: A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to require the continued payment of disability compensation at an unreduced rate pending review and appeal of a determination to reduce or discontinue such compensation by reason of a change in service-connected or employability status or in physical condition in the case of any veteran whose disability has been rated as total for a period of at least ten years ending on the date such determination was made, who files a statement of disagreement with such determination, and who requests such continued payment, and for other purposes.. 98th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/98-S-859/
MLA
"S. 859: A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to require the continued payment of disability compensation at an unreduced rate pending review and appeal of a determination to reduce or discontinue such compensation by reason of a change in service-connected or employability status or in physical condition in the case of any veteran whose disability has been rated as total for a period of at least ten years ending on the date such determination was made, who files a statement of disagreement with such determination, and who requests such continued payment, and for other purposes.." 98th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/98-S-859/.
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S. 859, 98th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/98-S-859/.
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[S. 859: A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to require the continued payment of disability compensation at an unreduced rate pending review and appeal of a determination to reduce or discontinue such compensation by reason of a change in service-connected or employability status or in physical condition in the case of any veteran whose disability has been rated as total for a period of at least ten years ending on the date such determination was made, who files a statement of disagreement with such determination, and who requests such continued payment, and for other purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/98-S-859/)
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