legislation: 115-hr-6941

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115-hr-6941 115 hr 6941 Agent Orange Exposure Fairness Act Armed Forces and National Security 2018-09-27 2018-09-27 Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs. House Rep. Crist, Charlie [D-FL-13] FL D C001111 3 Agent Orange Exposure Fairness Act This bill reinstates and extends the authority of the Department of Veterans Affairs to determine and regulate diseases that warrant a presumption of service connection after exposure to a herbicide agent. Under a presumption of service connection, specific diseases diagnosed in certain veterans are presumed to have been caused by the circumstances of their military service. Health care benefits may then be awarded. 2023-01-11T13:41:28Z  

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