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H.R. 4052, The Atomic Veterans Relief Act

  • This item is from the 110th Congress (2007-2008) and is no longer current. Comments, voting, and wiki editing have been disabled, and the cost/savings estimate has been frozen.

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H.R. 4052 would amend title 38, United States Code, to revise the eligibility criteria for presumption of service-connection of certain diseases and disabilities for veterans exposed to ionizing radiation during military service.

== Detailed Summary ==

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(LogAtomic Veterans Relief Act - Includes within the definition of a &quot;radiation-risk activity&quot; 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 edit the wiki and be the firstservice-connection of veterans' disabilities additional provisions to provideensure, in the case of a detailed summaryclaim by a radiation-exposed veteran for service-connection of a nonpresumptive disability, that the bill!)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.
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== Status of the Legislation ==

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Latest Major Action: 11/2/2007: Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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John D. Bankston

January 4, 2008, 1:51pm (report abuse)

Most Atomic and Radiated Veterans have suffered with ionizing radiation without any medical treatment.Large numbers died early without knowing what killed them because of Govt. Secretcies.

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