I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3502 
To provide for the prompt implementation of those recommendations of the 
President’s Commission on Care for America’s Returning Wounded War-
riors that require congressional action. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 7, 2007 
Mr. MORAN of Kansas (for himself, Mr. SALAZAR, Mrs. EMERSON, Mr. 
YOUNG of Alaska, and Mrs. MYRICK) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the 
Committees on Veterans’ Affairs, Education and Labor, Oversight and 
Government Reform, and House Administration, for a period to be subse-
quently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To provide for the prompt implementation of those rec-
ommendations of the President’s Commission on Care 
for America’s Returning Wounded Warriors that require 
congressional action. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Wounded Warriors Commission Implementation Act of 
2007’’. 
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(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Purposes. 
Sec. 3. Clarification of Department of Defense and Department of Veterans Af-
fairs roles in disability evaluation system for retirement of 
members for disability. 
Sec. 4. Elimination of disability rating requirement for retirement of members 
for disability. 
Sec. 5. Transition payments to members of the Armed Forces retired for com-
bat-related injuries. 
Sec. 6. Department of Veterans Affairs bonus payments to veterans in rehabili-
tation programs. 
Sec. 7. Department of Veterans Affairs disability compensation. 
Sec. 8. Presumption of service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder. 
Sec. 9. Extended benefits under TRICARE for primary caregivers of members 
of the uniformed services who incur a serious injury or illness 
on active duty. 
Sec. 10. Family Medical Leave Act. 
SEC. 2. PURPOSES. 
The purposes of this Act include— 
(1) eliminating the 30 percent threshold before 
a member of the Armed Forces may be retired for 
disability and ensuring that every member who is re-
tired for disability will receive a lifetime annuity 
payment, based on the member’s rank and years of 
military service; 
(2) clarifying that, because members retired for 
disability will be eligible for retired pay under chap-
ter 71 of title 10, United States Code, such mem-
bers, under chapter 55 of such title, will also be eli-
gible for lifetime, comprehensive health care cov-
erage and pharmacy benefits for themselves through 
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the TRICARE program of the Department of De-
fense; 
(3) requiring that disability-related payments 
and benefits for veterans reflect three components: 
transition payments, earnings-loss payments, and 
quality-of-life payments; 
(4) creating a presumption of service connection 
for post-traumatic stress disorder; 
(5) extending TRICARE program benefits to 
caregivers of members who incur a serious injury or 
illness while serving on active duty; and 
(6) authorizing servicemember family leave 
under the Family and Medical Leave Act. 
SEC. 3. CLARIFICATION OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND 
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS ROLES 
IN DISABILITY EVALUATION SYSTEM FOR RE-
TIREMENT OF MEMBERS FOR DISABILITY. 
The objective of the Department of Defense disability 
evaluation system is to determine whether an injured 
member of the Armed Forces is fit to perform the duties 
of the member’s office, grade, rank, or rating, and the ob-
jective of the Department of Veterans Affairs disability 
evaluation system is to establish the disability rating, com-
pensation, and benefits programs for the member if the 
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