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H.R. 5610

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Fair Care for Vietnam Veterans Act
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Committee
Latest Action · January 15, 2020
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Introduced
January 15, 2020
Cosponsors (39)
29D 10R
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Fair Care for Vietnam Veterans Act This bill provides a presumption of service-connection for Parkinsonism, bladder cancer, hypertension, and hypothyroidism for veterans who served in Vietnam between January 9, 1962, and May 7, 1975. Under a presumption of service-connection, specific conditions diagnosed in certain veterans are presumed to have been caused by the circumstances of their military service. Health care benefits and disability compensation may then be awarded.

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