ELIMINATION OF PRESUMPTION OF TOTAL DISABILITY IN DETERMINATION OF PENSION FOR CERTAIN VETERANS.

SEC. 8002. ELIMINATION OF PRESUMPTION OF TOTAL DISABILITY IN DETERMINATION OF PENSION FOR CERTAIN VETERANS. (a) Elimination of Presumption.—That portion of subsection (a) of section 502 of title 38, United States Code, preceding paragraph (1) is amended to read as follows: “(a) For the purposes of this chapter, a person shall be considered to be permanently and totally disabled if such a person is unemployable as a result of disability reasonably certain to continue through-out the life of the disabled person, or is suffering from—”. (b) Applicability.—The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to claims filed after October 31, 1990.