Justice for Vaccine Injured Veterans Act of 2024
This bill creates a presumption that certain health conditions (myocarditis, pericarditis, thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome, Guillain-Barré Syndrome, and other diseases later determined by the VA) are connected to military service for veterans who received a COVID-19 vaccine under mandatory orders between August 24, 2021, and January 10, 2023. It directly affects veterans who developed these conditions after being required to get the vaccine during that period, streamlining their path to VA disability compensation by removing the need to prove a direct link to service. The bill requires the VA to report monthly on claim statuses and outcomes for four years, including approval rates and pending cases. This changes how the VA processes claims for these specific conditions, treating them as service-connected by default for affected veterans.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2024
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced May 1, 2024
Last action Jun 6, 2024
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Committee
2
Jun 6, 2024
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
lower
May 1, 2024
Committee
Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
lower
May 1, 2024
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 26 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Warren Davidson
RRepublican
Co
Andy Biggs
RRepublican
Co
Anna Paulina Luna
RRepublican
Co
Barry Moore
RRepublican
Co
Bill Posey
RRepublican
Co
Bob Good
RRepublican
Co
Brian J. Mast
RRepublican
Co
Dan Bishop
RRepublican
Co
Debbie Lesko
RRepublican
Co
Diana Harshbarger
RRepublican
Co
Elijah Crane
RRepublican
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