,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ajje  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #f1        
#bjai,mr4 ,castro of ,texas 7for        
himself1 ,mr4 ,stauber1 ,mr4 ,ruiz1 and 
,mr4 ,cisneros7 introduced the following
 bill2 which was referred to the        
,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs  ,a   
,,bill  ,to direct the ,secretary of    
,veterans ,affairs to amend the schedule
 for rating disabilities to add a       
diagnostic code and evaluation criteria 
for obliterative bronchiolitis1 and for 
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,burn ,pit     
,veterans ,revision ,act4  #b4 ,revision
 of ,department of ,veterans ,affairs   
disability rating schedule with respect 
to obliterative bronchiolitis ,not later
 than #ahj days after the date of the   
enactment of this ,act1 the ,secretary  
of ,veterans ,affairs shall--  7#a7     
amend the schedule for rating           
disabilities pursuant to section #aaee  
of title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 to 

add a diagnostic code and evaluation    
criteria for obliterative bronchiolitis2
 and  7#b7 provide a process by which a 
veteran who1 as of the date of the      
enactment of this ,act1 is receiving    
compensation under chapter #aa of such  
title for a service-connected           
disability--  7,a7 may have such        
service-connected disability reevaluated
 based on the diagnostic code and       
evaluation criteria described in        
paragraph 7#a72 and  7,b7 may be        
assigned a new disability rating as a   
result of such reevaluation1 if such    
assignment does not reduce the          
disability rating of such veteran in    
effect immediately prior to the date of 
such assignment4