Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Ensuring Survivors Benefits during COVID–19 Act of 2020”.
Ensuring Survivors Benefits during COVID–19 Act of 2020
A BILL
To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to secure medical opinions for veterans with service-connected disabilities who die from COVID–19 to determine whether their service-connected disabilities were the principal or contributory cases of death, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Medical opinions for certain veterans with service-connected disabilities who die of COVID–19
In any case in which a veteran with a service-connected disability dies from Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID–19), or complications caused by such disease, and the death certificate of the veteran does not clearly identify the service-connected disability as the principal or contributory cause of death, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall secure a medical opinion to determine if the service-connected disability was the principal or contributory cause of death.