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 a veteran with a service-connected disability dies from COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019), or complications from COVID-19, and the death certificate does not clearly identify the service-connected disability as the principal or contributory cause of death.
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Ensuring Survivors Benefits during COVID–19 Act of 2020
USA116th CongressS-4166| Senate
| Updated: 7/2/2020
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 a veteran with a service-connected disability dies from COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019), or complications from COVID-19, and the death certificate 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