Department leaders are looking to add respiratory illnesses to a list of conditions presumed caused by exposure to the toxic smoke at overseas bases.
The sweeping veterans policy measure was passed in mid-December but wasn't signed into law until Tuesday.
Trump is expected to sign the measure into law later this month.
The proposal, attached to the annual defense authorization bill, would add bladder cancer, hypothyroidism and Parkinson’s-like symptoms to the list.
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