Sec. 2011. COMPTROLLER GENERAL BRIEFING AND REPORT ON REPEALING MANIFESTATION PERIOD FOR PRESUMPTIONS OF SERVICE CONNECTION FOR CERTAIN DISEASES ASSOCIATED WITH EXPOSURE TO CERTAIN HERBICIDE AGENTS
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## SEC. 2011 COMPTROLLER GENERAL BRIEFING AND REPORT ON REPEALING MANIFESTATION PERIOD FOR PRESUMPTIONS OF SERVICE CONNECTION FOR CERTAIN DISEASES ASSOCIATED WITH EXPOSURE TO CERTAIN HERBICIDE AGENTS **[**[38 U.S.C. 1116 note](/us/usc/t38/s1116)**]** ###
(a)In General Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall provide to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives a briefing on preliminary observations of the Comptroller General, and not later than 240 days after the date of such briefing, provide such committees a briefing and submit to such committees a final report, on the efforts of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide benefits, including compensation and health care, to veterans— ####
(1)who during active military, naval, or air service, served in the Republic of Vietnam during the period beginning on January 9, 1962, and ending on May 7, 1975; and ####
(2)in whom chloracne, porphyria cutanea tarda, or acute or subacute peripheral neuropathy have manifested. ###
(b)Elements The report required by subsection
(a)shall include the following: ####
(1)A description of how the Secretary establishes a service connection for a diseases described in paragraph
(2)of subsection
(a)manifesting in veterans, including the number of veterans described in paragraph
(1)of such subsection who have filed a claim for a benefit associated with a disease described in paragraph
(2)of such subsection. ####
(2)A description of how claims adjudicators of the Department of Veterans Affairs determine service connection for a disease described in subparagraph
(C)or
(E)of section 1116(a)(2) of title 38, United States Code, when documentation proving the presence of the disease during the manifestation period set forth in such subparagraphs for the disease is not available. ####
(3)A description of the expected effect of repealing the manifestation period from such subparagraphs, including the expected effect on the number of claims for benefits the Department will receive, an estimate of the cost to the Department of such repeal, and a review of the scientific evidence regarding such repeal. ####
(4)A review of all claims submitted to the Secretary for compensation under chapter 11 of such title that are associated with a disease described in subsection (a)(2), including the type of proof presented to establish a service connection for the manifestation of the disease based on exposure to a herbicide agent. ####
(5)Recommendations on how the Department can better adjudicate claims for benefits, including compensation, submitted to the Department that are associated with a disease described in paragraph
(2)of subsection
(a)for veterans described in paragraph
(1)of such subsection. ####
(6)An assessment of such other areas as the Comptroller General considers appropriate to study. ###
(c)Administrative Action Not later than 120 days after the date on which the Comptroller General of the United States submits the report required under subsection (a), the Secretary shall commence carrying out the recommendations submitted under subsection (b)(5) to the degree that the Secretary is authorized to carry out the recommendations by a statute that was in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act. ###
(d)Herbicide Agent Defined In this section, the term “herbicide agent” has the meaning given such term in section 1116(a)(3) of title 38, United States Code.
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COMPTROLLER GENERAL BRIEFING AND REPORT ON REPEALING MANIFESTATION PERIOD FOR PRESUMPTIONS OF SERVICE CONNECTION FOR CERTAIN DISEASES ASSOCIATED WITH EXPOSURE TO CERTAIN HERBICIDE AGENTS
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