To amend title 38, United States Code, to reduce the period of time for which a veteran must be totally disabled before the veteran's survivors are eligible for the benefits provided by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for survivors of certain veterans rated totally disabled at time of death.
previous 110th session of congress Other Bill Titles (1 more) 8/1/2007--Introduced.
Allows veterans' disability compensation benefits to be paid to the survivor of a veteran whose service-connected disability was continuously rated totally disabling for at least one year immediately preceding death. (Current law allows such survivor right of... more
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| August 01, 2007 |
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October 15, 2008 Congressional COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC AND EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES ...
H.R. 3448, ââSmall Business Job Protection Act of 1996ââ, includes H.R. 1227, ERISA amendments, and adoption provisions of H.R. 3286 under Section 1808. H.R. 3610, making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year
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August 02, 2008 veterans house legislation as of 30 july 08
hr3286: a bill to amend title 38, united states code, to reduce the period of time for which a veteran must be totally disabled before the veteranâs survivors are eligible for the benefits provided by the secretary of veterans affairs ...
November 08, 2007 VA Watchdog dot Org - House Committee on Veterans' Affairs Press ...
H.R. 3286 would reduce, from ten years to one year, the amount of time a veteran must be rated totally disabled before his or her surviving dependents can receive certain death benefits. # H.R. 3415 would authorize domestic memorial ...











