H.R.4843: To modify the presumption of service connection for veterans who were exposed to herbicide agents while serving in the Armed Forces in Thailand during the Vietnam era, and for other purposes.

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This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to ensure that if it creates a presumption of service connection between the occurrence of a disease and exposure to a herbicide agent while serving in the Armed Forces during the Vietnam era at a military base in Thailand, such presumption shall also apply to exposure to a herbicide agent while serving in the Armed Forces during the Vietnam era at any military base in Thailand without...

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Date Description
Jan. 18, 2018
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Jan. 18, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Jan. 18, 2018

Introduced in the House by Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.)

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