A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for a presumption of service connected disability for certain veterans who served in Palomares, Spain, and for other purposes.
Palomares Veterans Act of 2021
This bill includes veterans who participated in the cleanup of radioactive materials at Palomares, Spain, as radiation-exposed veterans for purposes of the Department of Veterans Affairs presumption of service-connection for specified cancers.
Under a presumption of service-connection, specific disabilities diagnosed in certain veterans are presumed to have been caused by the circumstances of their military service. Health care benefits and disability compensation may then be awarded.
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
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