Agent Orange Exposure Fairness Act

United States116th CongressHR-566House of Representatives
Updated: Feb 1, 2019

Summary

Agent Orange Exposure Fairness Act This bill expands eligibility for a presumption of service-connection for veterans exposed to certain herbicide agents (e.g., Agent Orange) during military service in Vietnam. Specifically, the bill removes the manifestation period required for the presumption of service-connection for chloracne and porphyria cutanea tarda. Additionally, the bill provides statutory authority for a presumption of service-connection for certain cases of acute and subacute peripheral neuropathy without a manifestation period. 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.

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Timeline

Latest companion bill action

S-332: Agent Orange Exposure Fairness Act of 2019

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 535.

  1. Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

    House of Representatives

  2. Introduced in House

  3. Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.

    House of Representatives

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