H.R. 8066

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8066 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 8066

To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the Department of 
Veterans Affairs schedule for rating disabilities, and for other 
purposes.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

March 24, 2026

Mr. Tran (for himself and Mr. Takano) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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A BILL

To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the Department of 
Veterans Affairs schedule for rating disabilities, 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. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Carlton H. Ingram Veterans' Benefits 
Improvement Act''.

SEC. 2. IMPROVEMENTS TO DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS SCHEDULE FOR 
RATING DISABILITIES.

Section 1155 of title 38, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in the first sentence, by striking ``The Secretary'' 
and inserting the following:
``(a) In General.--The Secretary''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(b) Beneficial Effects of Medication or Treatment.--(1) The 
schedule of ratings adopted and applied under subsection (a) shall be 
constructed to discount the beneficial effects of medication or 
treatment, when evidence can be used to establish a baseline without 
those beneficial effects.
``(2) Paragraph (1) shall not be construed to preclude a veteran 
from seeking compensation for additional disabilities resulting from 
medication or treatment for an underlying injury suffered or disease 
contracted in line of duty, or for aggravation of a preexisting injury 
suffered or disease contract in line of duty, in the active military, 
naval, air, or space service.''.
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