Ensuring Survivor Benefits during COVID–19 Act of 2021
United States117th CongressHR-746House of Representatives
Updated: Mar 16, 2021
Summary
Ensuring Survivor Benefits during COVID-19 Act of 2021 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's death certificate identifies COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) as the principal or contributory cause of death, the certificate does not clearly identify any of the veteran's service-connected disabilities as the principal or contributory cause of death, and a claim for dependency and indemnity compensation is filed with respect to the veteran.
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Timeline
Latest companion bill action
S-89: Ensuring Survivor Benefits during COVID–19 Act of 2021Held at the desk.
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
House of Representatives
Introduced in House
Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
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