A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code to provide that progressive muscular atrophy or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis developing a 10 percent or more degree of disability within 7 years after separation from active service during a period of war shall be presumed to be service connected.

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Establishes a presumption of service-connection for disability compensation purposes for the development of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis developed to at least a ten percent degree within seven years of separation from service during a period of war.

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 28 July 1981

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