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K2 Veterans Total Coverage Act of 2025
To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish additional presumptions of service connection for certain diseases that occur in veterans who suffered toxic exposure while serving at Karshi Khanabad Air Base, Uzbekistan.
Summary
This bill amends veterans benefits law to establish presumptions of service connection for veterans who served at Karshi Khanabad Air Base, Uzbekistan, and have certain diseases and conditions. Under the bill, veterans who served at the base would be presumed to have service-connected status for 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. This presumption means the Department of Veterans Affairs would assume these conditions are related to military service without requiring the veteran to prove the connection.
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- Nov 4, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. · house
- Nov 4, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
November 4, 2025
Mr. Lynch (for himself and Ms. Bynum) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
A BILL
To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish additional presumptions of service connection for certain diseases that occur in veterans who suffered toxic exposure while serving at Karshi Khanabad Air Base, Uzbekistan.
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 “K2 Veterans Total Coverage Act of 2025”.
SEC. 2. PRESUMPTION OF SERVICE CONNECTION FOR CERTAIN DISEASES THAT OCCUR IN VETERANS WHO SERVED AT KARSHI KHANABAD AIR BASE, UZBEKISTAN.
Section 1120(b) of title 38, United States Code, is amended—
(1) by redesignating paragraph (15) as paragraph (16); and
(2) by inserting, after paragraph (14), the following new paragraph (15):
“(15) In the case of a veteran who served at Karshi Khanabad Air Base, Uzbekistan, the following diseases, in addition to diseases specified in other paragraphs of this subsection:
“(A) Any cancer.
“(B) Any thyroid disease.
“(C) Any bone disease.
“(D) Any cardiovascular disease.
“(E) Any skin disease.
“(F) Any neurological disease.
“(G) Any reproductive disease.
“(H) Any respiratory disease.
“(I) Any endocrine disease.
“(J) Any liver disease.
“(K) Any kidney disease.
“(L) Any blood disorder.
“(M) Primary immune regulatory disorders.
“(N) Medically unexplained chronic multisymptom illness.
“(O) Cataracts.”. <all>
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