A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide that any disability which has been continuously rated at or above any evaluation for ten or more years for compensation purposes shall not thereafter be rated at less than such evaluation, except upon showing that such rating was based on fraud.

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Introduced

8 February 1979

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Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Summary

Repeals the provision requiring the preservation of total disability ratings for compensation purposes. Reduces from 20 to ten years the period after which a rating cannot be reduced for pension and insurance purposes.

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summary · EN · 8 February 1979
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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/house-bill/2014
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