Ensuring Survivors Benefits during COVID-19 Act of 2020 This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to get a medical opinion to determine if a service-connected disability was the principal or contributory cause of death in situations where the death certificate of a veteran with a service-connected disability who has filed a claim for dependency and indemnity compensation (1) identifies COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) as the principal or contributory cause of death, and (2) does not clearly identify the service-connected disability as the principal or contributory cause of death.
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Armed Forces and National Security
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Ensuring Survivors Benefits during COVID–19 Act of 2020
USA116th CongressHR-8484| House
| Updated: 10/1/2020
Ensuring Survivors Benefits during COVID-19 Act of 2020 This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to get a medical opinion to determine if a service-connected disability was the principal or contributory cause of death in situations where the death certificate of a veteran with a service-connected disability who has filed a claim for dependency and indemnity compensation (1) identifies COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) as the principal or contributory cause of death, and (2) does not clearly identify the service-connected disability as the principal or contributory cause of death.
Cardiovascular and respiratory healthDisability and paralysisEmergency medical services and trauma careHealth information and medical recordsInfectious and parasitic diseasesMedical tests and diagnostic methodsVeterans' medical careVeterans' pensions and compensation