To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for a presumption of service connection for certain diseases in veterans who were exposed to burn pits.
United States115th CongressHR-7288House of Representatives
Updated: Dec 12, 2018
Summary
Veterans' Right to Breathe Act This bill provides a presumption of service connection for certain diseases for burn pit-exposed veterans. Under a presumption of service connection, specific disabilities diagnosed in certain veterans are presumed to have been caused by the circumstances of their military service. Health care benefits and disability compensation may then be awarded. A burn pit-exposed veteran is a veteran who was stationed at a location where an open burn pit (an area used for burning solid waste in open air without equipment) was used while deployed on or after September 11, 2001.
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Timeline
Introduced in House
Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
House of Representatives
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
House of Representatives
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