Lets more surviving spouses of totally disabled veterans qualify for benefits.
This bill would let more surviving spouses of veterans who were totally disabled at the time of their death qualify for certain benefits. It changes the rules about how long a spouse needed to be married to or live with the veteran. This would expand support from the Department of Veterans Affairs to more families.
Today, surviving spouses of veterans rated totally disabled at death must meet specific, more restrictive marriage or cohabitation duration requirements to get benefits. If this bill passes, surviving spouses could qualify if they were married to the veteran for at least one year before death, or if they lived with the veteran for at least one year and publicly presented as a spouse, regardless of other marriages.
HR 4637 · 119th Congress · July 23, 2025 · AI Summary by gemini-2.5-flash · 10/10
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