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VA Grants Benefits to
All Vets with ALS
The Department of Veterans Affairs published ground- breaking new regulations today that grant military veterans diagnosed with Lou Gehrig’s Disease full access to health and disability benefits, regardless of where or when they served in the military. The new rules take effect immediately.
The decision to establish a presumption of service connection for ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) is a tremendous victory for veterans living with the disease and is the culmination of years of work by The ALS Association to expand benefits for those diagnosed with the fatal neurodegenerative disease made famous by baseball legend Lou Gehrig.
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House Sends Registry
Act to President
Congress took a major step in the fight against Lou Gehrig’s Disease today when the House of Representatives passed the ALS Registry Act (S. 1382). The legislation, which passed the U.S. Senate on September 23, now heads to President Bush, who is expected to sign the bill into law.
The ALS Registry Act would establish the first ever national patient registry of people with Lou Gehrig’s Disease, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, to be administered by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The registry would collect information leading to the cause, treatment and cure of the deadly neurological disease that took the life of Lou Gehrig in 1941.
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The ALS Association Alabama Chapter
