A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to expand eligibility of former prisoners of war for certain veterans' benefits.

Summary

Extends the presumption of captivity-related contraction of specified diseases to all prisoners of war (POW's), not just those held for six months or more. Includes arthritis, chronic respiratory conditions, frozen feet, and gastro intestinal disorders among those diseases for which a captivity-related presumption is extended for disability purposes. Eliminates the requirement that any psychiatric condition (psychoses) manifest itself within two years of separation from service to be considered captivity-related. Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to furnish hospital or nursing home care to any veteran of World War I or World War II, the Korean conflict, or the Vietnam era who was held as a POW. Entitles such POW's to vocational rehabilitation.

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 22 January 1981

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