110 HR 653 IH: Joseph I. Hoover Combat Veteran
U.S. House of Representatives
2007-01-24
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1.This Act may be cited as the
Joseph I. Hoover Combat Veteran
Affidavit Act of 2007
.
2.Sworn affidavit
of Korean Conflict and earlier combat veterans to be accepted as proof of
service-connection of disease or injury alleged to have been incurred or
aggravated during combat
(a)Section 1154(b) of title 38, United States Code, is
amended—
(1)by inserting
(1)
after (b)
;
(2)by inserting
after July 27, 1953,
after in active
service
;
(3)by designating the
third sentence as paragraph (3) and in that paragraph inserting under
paragraph (1) or (2)
after in each case
; and
(4)by inserting after
paragraph (1), as designated by paragraph (1) of this subsection, the following
new paragraph:
(2)In the case of any veteran who
engaged in combat with the enemy in active service on or before July 27, 1953,
with a military, naval, or air organization of the United States during a
period of war, campaign, or expedition, if there is no clear and convincing
evidence to the contrary the Secretary shall accept as sufficient proof of
service-connection of any disease or injury alleged to have been incurred in or
aggravated by such service the sworn affidavit of the veteran attesting to the
service-connection of such disease or injury, notwithstanding the fact that
there is no official record of such incurrence or aggravation in such
service.
.
(b)The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply with
respect to affidavits submitted after the date of the enactment of this
Act.