A bill to amend section 1154 of title 38, United States Code, to clarify the additional requirements for consideration to be afforded time, place, and circumstances of service in determinations regarding service-connected disabilities.
Clarification of Characteristics of Combat Service Act of 2009 - Requires, in each case in which a veteran is seeking service-connection for a disability after service in a particular combat zone, that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) accept credible lay or other evidence as sufficient proof that the veteran encountered an event associated with service in particular locations where the veteran served or in particular circumstances under which the veteran served in that combat zone.
Introduced in Senate
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4817-4818)
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4818)
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