# The Veterans Millennium Health Care and Benefits Act
> **US Department of Veterans Affairs** · Final rule. · Published 2000-07-14 · Effective 1999-11-30 · 65 FR 43699
## Document
- **Document number:** 00-17901
- **Category:** va-benefits
- **Agency:** US Department of Veterans Affairs
- **Federal Register citation:** 65 FR 43699
- **CFR reference:** 38 CFR 3
- **Publication date:** 2000-07-14
- **Effective date:** 1999-11-30
## Abstract

This document amends Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) adjudication regulations to reflect changes made by the Veterans Millennium Health Care and Benefits Act. These changes concern payment of dependency and indemnity compensation to the surviving spouses of certain former prisoners of war; the provision of health care, education and home loan benefits to surviving spouses upon termination of their remarriages; and the addition of bronchiolo-alveolar carcinoma to the list of diseases that VA presumes are the result of exposure to radiation during active military service.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2000/07/14/00-17901/the-veterans-millennium-health-care-and-benefits-act)
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