Va Presumptive Illnesses

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Va presumptive illnesses. Aplastic anemia and other myelodysplastic syndromes. Presumptive service connection may be granted for the following infectious diseases if found compensable within a specific time period. Chronic fatigue syndrome Fibromyalgia Irritable bowel syndrome Any diagnosed or undiagnosed illness that warrants a presumption of service connection as determined by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs Signs or symptoms of an undiagnosed illness include. We refer to this as presumptive exposure.

VA presumes that the following health problems are related to herbicide exposure. Hypertension or high blood pressure is common among the elderly and if included would have added more than 160000 veterans to VA disability rolls in the next 10 years at an estimated cost of. Atherosclerotic heart disease or hypertensive vascular disease including hypertensive heart disease and their complications including myocardial infarction congestive heart failure arrhythmia. VA Presumptive List for Veterans Exposed to Contaminated Camp Lejeune Water Kidney cancer code 7528 Liver cancer code 7343 Non-Hodgkins lymphoma code 7715 Adult leukemia code 7703 Multiple myeloma code 7709 or code 7703 Parkinsons disease code 8004 Aplastic anemia and other myelodysplastic.

Since this article was written Congress has overridden the Presidents veto of the NDAA. For Gulf War Veterans VA presumes that unexplained symptoms are related to Gulf War service if a Veteran has experienced them for six months or more. To be eligible for a presumptive service connection Veterans must have served at Camp Lejeune for at least 30 days between August 1 1953 and December 31 1987 and later developed one of the following eight conditions. The VA Presumptive List has three categories for Gulf War disabilities.

Please contact our office today at 800 953-6224 with any questions. Unlike the former both Gulf War Syndrome and Multi-Symptom Illnesses are vague and are prone to a high compensation denial rate. We call these presumptive diseases. AL Amyloidosis Chronic B-cell Leukemias Chloracne Diabetes Mellitus Type 2 Hodgkins Disease Ischemic Heart Disease Multiple Myeloma Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma Parkinsons Disease Peripheral Neuropathy Early- Onset.

Infectious Diseases Gulf War Syndrome and Multi-Symptom Illnesses. Illnesses that exist for six months or more such as. Brucellosis Campylobacter jejuni Coxiella burnetti Q. We call these presumptive diseases.

The presumptive illness es must have first appeared during active duty in the Southwest Asia theater of military operations or by December 31 2021 and be at least 10 percent disabling. And we assume that Veterans who served in certain locations were exposed to Agent Orange.