[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 423 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 423

    To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide authority for 
  retroactive effective date for awards of disability compensation in 
connection with applications that are fully-developed at submittal, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 1, 2011

   Mr. Burr introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
             referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide authority for 
  retroactive effective date for awards of disability compensation in 
connection with applications that are fully-developed at submittal, and 
                          for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. AUTHORITY FOR RETROACTIVE EFFECTIVE DATE FOR AWARDS OF 
              DISABILITY COMPENSATION IN CONNECTION WITH APPLICATIONS 
              THAT ARE FULLY-DEVELOPED AT SUBMITTAL.

    Section 5110(b) of title 38, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs 
        (3) and (4), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following new 
        paragraph (2):
    ``(2) The effective date of an award of disability compensation to 
a veteran who submits an application therefor that sets forth a claim 
that is fully-developed (as prescribed by the Secretary for purposes of 
this pararaph) as of the date of submittal shall be fixed in accordance 
with the facts found, but shall not be earlier than the date that is 
one year before the date of receipt of the application.''.
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