A bill to amend section 312 of title 38, United States Code, by providing a 10-year presumptive period of service connection for chronic diseases of certain prisoners of war.

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Provides that compensation shall be paid to veterans who were held as prisoners of war for ninety days or more for chronic disease becoming manifest to a degree of 10 percent or more within ten years from date of separation. Authorizes compensation for chronic bronchitis or chronic bronchial asthma developing a 10 percent degree of disability or more within ten years service in the case of a veteran held as a prisoner of war for ninety days or more. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 312)…