VA PRESUMPTIVE VIETNAM VET DISEASES:

 The Department of Veterans Affairs presumes that specific disabilities diagnosed in certain veterans were caused by their military service. If one of these conditions is diagnosed in Vietnam Vet, VA presumes that the circumstances of his/her service (i.e. exposure to Agent Orange) caused the condition, and disability compensation can be awarded. This includes DIC education and CHAMPVA for spouses of veterans rated 100% or surviving spouses late-veterans that died from discussed medical problems. The following disabilities may be presumed for those who served in the Republic of Vietnam between 1/9/62 and 5/7/75:

    •    chloracne or other acneform disease similar to chloracne*
    •    porphyria cutanea tarda*
    •    soft-tissue sarcoma (other than osteosarcoma, chondrosarcoma, Kaposi's sarcoma or mesothelioma)
    •    Hodgkin's disease
    •    multiple myeloma
    •    respiratory cancers (lung, bronchus, larynx, trachea)
    •    non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
    •    prostate cancer
    •    acute and subacute peripheral neuropathy*
    •    type 2 diabetes
    •    chronic lymphocytic leukemia
    Note*: Must become manifest to a degree of 10% or more within a year after the last date on which the veteran was exposed to an herbicide agent during active military, naval, or air service.
    [Source: County of Humboldt Veterans Service office 12 Oct 08 ++]