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House veterans panel spotlights radiation‑exposed veterans, presses for presumptive coverage bills
Summary
Members urged Congress to ease benefits access for atomic and test‑site veterans whose records were classified or lost, backing bills (PRESUME/PROTECT) to create presumptions of exposure for service at sites such as the Nevada Test and Training Range and Area 51.
Representative Titus said many atomic veterans and DOD employees who worked at classified sites have been denied benefits because records were erased or classified and ‘‘they can't even find evidence that they were there, but they were there.’’ She urged the PRESUME Act to remove the burden of proving radiation dose for presumptive disease claims.
Representative Susie Lee (Nev.)…
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