A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to reduce from ten years to five years the period during which a service-connected disability must have been in effect immediately preceding a veteran's death in order for the veteran's survivors to be eligible for dependency and indemnity compensation.

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Introduced

23 April 1980

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Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Summary

Reduces from ten to five years the period during which a service- connected disability must have been in effect immediately preceding a veteran's death in order for the veteran's survivors to be eligible for dependency and indemnity compensation.

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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/house-bill/7143
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