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119-hr-5915119th CongressWALLET

K2 Veterans Total Coverage Act of 2025

Sponsored By: Representative Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8]

Introduced

Summary

Presumptive service connection for Karshi Khanabad veterans. This bill would add a broad set of diseases as presumptively service-connected for veterans who served at Karshi Khanabad Air Base in Uzbekistan.

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  • Veterans who served at Karshi Khanabad Air Base, Uzbekistan — would be presumed to have service-connected conditions for a long list of illnesses, including any cancer, thyroid disease, bone disease, cardiovascular disease, skin disease, neurological disease, reproductive disease, respiratory disease, endocrine disease, liver disease, kidney disease, blood disorders, primary immune regulatory disorders, medically unexplained chronic multisymptom illness, and cataracts.
  • VA claims and benefit decisions — would treat service at this base as a specific geographic link to toxic exposure, creating a clear nexus that can simplify adjudication of related claims.

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Analyzed Economic Effects

1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

More VA coverage for Karshi Khanabad veterans

If enacted, this bill would treat many illnesses as caused by military service for veterans who served at Karshi Khanabad Air Base, Uzbekistan. It would add presumptions that a long list of conditions are service-connected, including any cancer; thyroid, bone, heart, skin, nerve, reproductive, lung, endocrine, liver, or kidney disease; blood and immune disorders; medically unexplained chronic multisymptom illness; and cataracts. If you served there and have one of these conditions, you would likely find it easier to get VA disability pay and VA health care. The bill says these presumptions apply in addition to diseases already listed elsewhere in law. The text includes no effective date, sunset, or new funding amounts.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8]

MA • D

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Bynum, Janelle S. [D-OR-5]

    OR • D

    Sponsored 11/4/2025

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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