Provides that any veteran who, while on active duty, was held as a prisoner of war for not less than six months shall be deemed to have a service-connected disability of 50 percent rated as permanent for purposes of entitlement to wartime disability compensation and other veterans benefits. Provides for a ten year presumptive period of service connection for chronic diseases of such veterans.
Introduced in Senate
Referred to Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
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