H.R. 2962 · 109th Congress
Atomic Veterans Relief Act
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Neil Abercrombie
- Introduced
- 2005-06-17
- Latest action
- 2005-06-28 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Summary
Atomic Veterans Relief Act - Includes within the definition of a "radiation-risk activity" for purposes of eligibility criteria for veterans' disability compensation the exposure to ionizing radiation due to residual contamination resulting from participation in a nuclear detonation.
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to include in regulations pertaining to the service-connection of veterans' disabilities additional provisions to ensure, in the case of a claim by a radiation-exposed veteran for service-connection of a nonpresumptive disability, that the procedures for establishment of whether the disability is service-connected do not require imputation to the veteran, through a process known as dose reconstruction, of any particular level of exposure to ionizing radiation.