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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 555 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend title 10, United States Code, to include a single comprehensive |
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| 6 | 6 | | disability examination as part of the required Department of Defense |
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| 7 | 7 | | physical examination for separating members of the Armed Forces, and |
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| 8 | 8 | | for other purposes. |
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| 9 | 9 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 10 | 10 | | JANUARY16, 2025 |
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| 11 | 11 | | Mr. W |
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| 12 | 12 | | ITTMANintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com- |
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| 13 | 13 | | mittee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans’ |
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| 14 | 14 | | Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in |
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| 15 | 15 | | each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic- |
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| 16 | 16 | | tion of the committee concerned |
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| 17 | 17 | | A BILL |
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| 18 | 18 | | To amend title 10, United States Code, to include a single |
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| 19 | 19 | | comprehensive disability examination as part of the re- |
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| 20 | 20 | | quired Department of Defense physical examination for |
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| 21 | 21 | | separating members of the Armed Forces, and for other |
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| 22 | 22 | | purposes. |
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| 23 | 23 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 24 | 24 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 25 | 25 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 26 | 26 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Veterans Affairs 4 |
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| 27 | 27 | | Transfer of Information and Sharing of Disability Exam-5 |
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| 28 | 28 | | ination Procedures With DOD Doctors Act’’. 6 |
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| 32 | 32 | | SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF SINGLE COMPREHENSIVE DIS-1 |
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| 33 | 33 | | ABILITY EXAMINATION AS PART OF RE-2 |
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| 34 | 34 | | QUIRED DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PHYS-3 |
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| 35 | 35 | | ICAL EXAMINATION FOR SEPARATING MEM-4 |
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| 36 | 36 | | BERS OF THE ARMED FORCES. 5 |
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| 37 | 37 | | Section 1145(a)(5) of title 10, United States Code, 6 |
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| 38 | 38 | | is amended by adding at the end the following new sub-7 |
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| 39 | 39 | | paragraphs: 8 |
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| 40 | 40 | | ‘‘(E) If a member of the Armed Forces who is re-9 |
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| 41 | 41 | | quired to receive a physical examination under subpara-10 |
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| 42 | 42 | | graph (A) has or is believed to have a medical condition 11 |
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| 43 | 43 | | that will or may make the member eligible for disability 12 |
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| 44 | 44 | | compensation and benefits from the Department of Vet-13 |
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| 45 | 45 | | erans Affairs, the physical examination shall be performed 14 |
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| 46 | 46 | | by a health care provider who is certified by the Secretary 15 |
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| 47 | 47 | | of Veterans Affairs to determine such eligibility. If such 16 |
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| 48 | 48 | | a condition is discovered during the physical examination 17 |
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| 49 | 49 | | and the health care provider performing the examination 18 |
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| 50 | 50 | | is not certified by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, the 19 |
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| 51 | 51 | | examination shall be completed by a health care provider 20 |
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| 52 | 52 | | certified by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. 21 |
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| 53 | 53 | | ‘‘(F) An eligibility determination made as part of a 22 |
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| 54 | 54 | | physical examination under subparagraph (C) shall be 23 |
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| 55 | 55 | | binding on the Department of Veterans Affairs and be 24 |
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| 56 | 56 | | used as the basis for assigning a disability rating for the 25 |
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| 57 | 57 | | separating member.’’. 26 |
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| 61 | 61 | | SEC. 3. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND DEPARTMENT OF 1 |
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| 62 | 62 | | VETERANS AFFAIRS JOINT RECORDKEEPING 2 |
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| 63 | 63 | | SYSTEM. 3 |
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| 64 | 64 | | The Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Secretary 4 |
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| 65 | 65 | | of Defense shall jointly establish a system to be used by 5 |
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| 66 | 66 | | both the Department of Defense and the Department of 6 |
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| 67 | 67 | | Veterans Affairs to establish and maintain the medical 7 |
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| 68 | 68 | | and personnel records of members of the Armed Forces 8 |
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| 69 | 69 | | and veterans. Such system shall provide for data sharing 9 |
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| 70 | 70 | | between the Department of Defense and the Department 10 |
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| 71 | 71 | | of Veterans Affairs. 11 |
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