Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Blast Exposure Protection Act of 2020”.
Blast Exposure Protection Act of 2020
A BILL
To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish a presumption of service-connection of disabilities relating to blast exposures with respect to disability compensation payments by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
Sec. 2 Presumption of service-connection of disabilities relating to blast exposure
Section 1112 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
“(d) For the purposes of section 1110 of this title, and subject to the provisions of section 1113 of this title, an injury or illness of a veteran that is associated with a blast exposure by the veteran during active military, naval, or air service shall be considered to have been incurred in or aggravated during such active military, naval, or air service, notwithstanding that there is no record of evidence of such injury or illness during a period of such service.”