To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide wartime disability compensation for certain veterans with Parkinson's Disease.
previous 110th session of congress Other Bill Titles (1 more) 5/13/2008--Introduced.
Adds Parkinson's disease (manifested to a degree of disability of 10% or more) to the list of diseases considered to have been incurred in or aggravated by military service in Vietnam, notwithstanding that there is no evidence of the disease during the perio... more
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| May 13, 2008 |
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August 02, 2008 veterans house legislation as of 30 july 08
veteran house legislation 30 july 08. of the 6650 house bills introduced in the 110th congress to date, following are those of interest to the non-active duty veteran community. by clicking on the bill number you can access the actual ...
June 18, 2008 news fromâ¦chairman bob filner
chairman filner also offered testimony on hr 6032: âthis bill would establish a presumption of service-connection for parkinsonâs disease due to exposure to agent orange for vietnam veterans afflicted with this degenerative and ...
May 12, 2008 Bill Action: Introduced: HR 6032: To amend title 38, United States ...
Bob Filner [D-CA] introduced HR 6032: To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide wartime disability compensation for certain veterans with Parkinson's Disease. ...











