Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Agent Orange Exposure Fairness Act of 2019”.
Agent Orange Exposure Fairness Act of 2019
A BILL
To amend title 38, United States Code, to remove the manifestation period required for the presumptions of service connection for chloracne, porphyria cutanea tarda, and acute and subacute peripheral neuropathy associated with exposure to certain herbicide agents, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Removal of manifestation period required for presumptions of service connection for certain diseases associated with exposure to certain herbicide agents
Section 1116(a)(2) of title 38, United States Code, is amended—
in subparagraph (C), by striking “within one” and all that follows through “1975”;
in subparagraph (E), by striking “within a” and all that follows through “1975”; and
by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
“(I) Acute and subacute peripheral neuropathy becoming manifest to a degree of disability of 10 percent or more.”