A bi-partisan bill, co-authored by Nevada County’s congressman, is designed to ease the process for veterans to prove their eligibility for certain benefits or decorations. Congressman Doug LaMalfa says a fire in Missouri destroyed millions of World War 2, Korean War, and Vietnam War veterans files over 40 years ago…

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The so-called Veterans Record Reconstruction Act requires the Defense Department to develop guidelines for the use of unofficial sources of information in determining benefits and decoration eligibility. That’s when a veteran’s service records are incomplete, due to damage caused to the records while in the possession of the Department…

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LaMalfa says with uniform guidelines in place, there will be no confusion as to what’s acceptable and what’s not.