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Burn Pit Veterans Revision Act
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H. R. 1005 (Introduced-in-House)


116th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1005


To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to amend the schedule for rating disabilities to add a diagnostic code and evaluation criteria for obliterative bronchiolitis, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

February 6, 2019

Mr. Castro of Texas (for himself, Mr. Stauber, Mr. Ruiz, and Mr. Cisneros) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

A BILL

To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to amend the schedule for rating disabilities to add a diagnostic code and evaluation criteria for obliterative bronchiolitis, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. Short title.

This Act may be cited as the “Burn Pit Veterans Revision Act”.

SEC. 2. Revision of Department of Veterans Affairs disability rating schedule with respect to obliterative bronchiolitis.

Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall—

(1) amend the schedule for rating disabilities pursuant to section 1155 of title 38, United States Code, to add a diagnostic code and evaluation criteria for obliterative bronchiolitis; and

(2) provide a process by which a veteran who, as of the date of the enactment of this Act, is receiving compensation under chapter 11 of such title for a service-connected disability—

(A) may have such service-connected disability reevaluated based on the diagnostic code and evaluation criteria described in paragraph (1); and

(B) may be assigned a new disability rating as a result of such reevaluation, if such assignment does not reduce the disability rating of such veteran in effect immediately prior to the date of such assignment.