S. 4140 — Introduced in Senate

II 119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4140 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 19, 2026Mr. Blumenthal (for himself, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. King, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Gallego, Mr. Sanders, and Ms. Baldwin) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs A BILL To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the Department of Veterans Affairs schedule for rating disabilities, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Carlton H. Ingram Veterans’ Benefits Protection Act. 2. Improvements to Department of Veterans Affairs schedule for rating disabilities Section 1155 of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (1) in the first sentence, by striking The Secretary and inserting the following: (a) In general The Secretary ; and (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection: (b) Beneficial effects of medication or treatment (1) The schedule of ratings adopted and applied under subsection (a) shall be constructed to discount the beneficial effects of medication or treatment, when evidence can be used to establish a baseline without those beneficial effects. (2) Paragraph (1) shall not be construed to preclude a veteran from seeking compensation for additional disabilities resulting from medication or treatment for an underlying injury suffered or disease contracted in line of duty, or for aggravation of a preexisting injury suffered or disease contract in line of duty, in the active military, naval, air, or space service. .