K2 Veterans Total Coverage Act of 2025
Summary
What This Bill Does
The K2 Veterans Total Coverage Act amends title 38's presumptive service-connection provision. For veterans who served at Karshi Khanabad Air Base in Uzbekistan, it adds presumptions for any cancer, thyroid disease, bone disease, cardiovascular disease, skin disease, neurological disease, reproductive disease, respiratory disease, endocrine disease, liver disease, kidney disease, blood disorder, primary immune regulatory disorders, medically unexplained chronic multisymptom illness, and cataracts. The effect is to make VA disability compensation and related benefits easier to obtain for covered K2 veterans with those conditions because they do not have to prove an individualized nexus in the ordinary way.
Who Benefits and How
K2 veterans benefit because many diseases become presumptively service connected after service at Karshi Khanabad Air Base. Veterans with cancer benefit from a broad cancer presumption tied to K2 service. Veterans with multisystem illnesses benefit because medically unexplained chronic multisymptom illness is listed. Veterans service organizations benefit from clearer statutory grounds for helping K2 veterans file claims.
Who Bears the Burden and How
VA disability claims staff must apply the new disease presumptions to covered K2 veterans. VA medical examiners must evaluate listed diseases under the new presumption framework. Federal taxpayers bear costs from additional successful disability claims and related benefits. VA appeals staff may need to revisit or adjudicate claims involving K2 exposures.
Key Provisions
- Adds presumptive service connection for K2 veterans with any cancer or listed organ-system disease.
- Includes thyroid, bone, cardiovascular, skin, neurological, reproductive, respiratory, endocrine, liver, kidney, and blood disorders.
- Adds primary immune regulatory disorders, medically unexplained chronic multisymptom illness, and cataracts.
- Requires VA claims adjudication to treat the listed diseases as presumptively connected to Karshi Khanabad Air Base service.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Adds a broad list of presumptive service-connected diseases for veterans who served at Karshi Khanabad Air Base in Uzbekistan.
Key Policy Areas
Veterans, Disability Benefits, Toxic Exposure
Primary Purpose
Adds a broad list of presumptive service-connected diseases for veterans who served at Karshi Khanabad Air Base in Uzbekistan.
Policy Domains
Resolution provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- K2 veterans
- Veterans with cancer
- Veterans with multisystem illnesses
- Veterans service organizations
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- VA disability claims staff
- VA medical examiners
- Federal taxpayers
- VA appeals staff
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeReferred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Mr. Green of Tennessee (for himself and Mr. Lynch) introduced …
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Introduced in House
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