H.R. 6798 · 110th Congress
To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish a presumption of service connection for certain cancers occurring in veterans who served in the Republic of Vietnam and were exposed to certain herbicide agents, and for other purposes.
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Steve Kagen
- Introduced
- 2008-08-01
- Latest action
- 2008-08-01 · Introduced in House
Summary
Presumes to be service-connected, and therefore compensable through veterans' disability compensation, cancers of any tissues through the opening of the gastrointestinal tract to the end, becoming manifest to a degree of disability of 10% or more.