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S. 786 (98th)

Vietnam Veterans Agent Orange Relief Act

openUnited States· United States Congress· EN

Introduced

11 March 1983

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Committee on Veterans. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 98-511.

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Summary

Vietnam Veterans Agent Orange Relief Act - Establishes a presumption of service-connected disability for veterans exposed to herbicides during service in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam era who suffer from specified diseases which may be caused by exposure to such herbicides, developed to a ten percent degree of disability. Permits the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to determine what other diseases may be due to exposure to herbicides, chemicals or environmental hazards. Directs the Administrator to promulgate regulations within one year of enactment incorporating such determinations and setting forth the standards used to reach them.

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