How HR 566 changes current law

Compared against current U.S. Code AI-generated reading aid — verify against the official bill.

The bill removes the manifestation period for certain diseases linked to herbicide exposure and adds acute and subacute peripheral neuropathy as a presumptive condition.

• 38 U.S.C. § 1116(a)(2)

  becoming manifest to a degree of disability of 10 percent or more within one year after the last date on which the veteran performed covered service. → becoming manifest to a degree of disability of 10 percent or more.

  This change eliminates the one-year manifestation requirement for chloracne.

• 38 U.S.C. § 1116(a)(2)

  becoming manifest to a degree of disability of 10 percent or more within a year after the last date on which the veteran performed covered service.

  This change removes the one-year manifestation requirement for porphyria cutanea tarda.

• 38 U.S.C. § 1116(a)(2)

  Acute and subacute peripheral neuropathy becoming manifest to a degree of disability of 10 percent or more.

  This change adds acute and subacute peripheral neuropathy as a presumptive disease for service connection.