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Fair Care for Vietnam Veterans Act

H.R. 5610 · 116th Congress · Jan 15, 2020 · Lineage

A BILL

To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand the list of diseases presumed to have a service connection to exposure to certain herbicide agents.

Section 1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the “Fair Care for Vietnam Veterans Act”.

Sec. 2 Additional diseases presumed to have a service connection to exposure to certain herbicide agents

Section 1116(a)(2) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraphs:

“(I) Parkinsonism.

“(J) Bladder cancer.

“(K) Hypertension.

“(L) Hypothyroidism.”