A bill to amend section 410(a) of title 38, United States Code, to provide a statutory presumption of service-connected death of any veteran who has been rated totally disabled by reason of service- connected disability for 20 or more years.

Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to pay dependency and indemnity compensation to a veterans widow, children, and parents when a veteran dies after December 31, 1956 from a service-connected or compensable disability rated totally disabled by reason of service-connected disability for 20 or more years.