S 749 119th Congress

Justice for ALS Veterans Act of 2025

Latest Action

Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.

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Summary

Justice for ALS Veterans Act of 2025 This bill extends increased dependency and indemnity compensation to the surviving spouse of a veteran whom the Department of Veterans Affairs has determined died from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease) regardless of how long the veteran had such disease prior to death. Under current law, such compensation is paid for a service-connected disability that was rated totally disabling for a continuous period of at least eight years immediately preceding death. Under the bill, such extension of increased compensation applies retroactively to veterans who died from ALS on or after October 1, 2022.

Actions

2026-04-29T00:00:00

Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.

2025-02-26T00:00:00

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

2025-02-26T00:00:00

Introduced in Senate

Policy Areas

Armed Forces and National Security

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