To amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from requiring evidence of a certain dose of radiation to determine that a veteran is a radiation-exposed veteran, and for other purposes.
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Latest Action · November 8, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
This bill, known as the PRESUME Act, would change how the Department of Veterans Affairs determines eligibility for benefits among veterans exposed to radiation. Currently, the VA requires veterans to provide evidence of a specific radiation dose level to qualify as radiation-exposed and receive associated medical benefits. The legislation would eliminate this dose requirement, allowing the VA to recognize veterans as radiation-exposed based on other factors or evidence of exposure. This change would affect military veterans who were exposed to radiation during their service, including those at nuclear weapons test sites, in nuclear accidents, or in similar occupational exposures. The bill has no specified funding or implementation timeline in the text provided, but it would effectively expand eligibility for VA medical benefits to radiation-exposed veterans who cannot document precise radiation dose levels.
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