Presumptive conditions are a set of illnesses that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) automatically assumes cause disability. However, in some cases, the VA may deny an application for benefits, ...

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Troops from the First Cavalry Air Mobile Division watch the carrier USS Boxer after arrival at Qui Nhon, Vietnam, on Sept. 12, 1965. On Tuesday, Department of Justice officials announced they will not ...

U.S. Marines prepare to board ship at Danang in 1970 for trip back to U.S. under withdrawal orders. On Tuesday, a federal court ordered VA to award presumptive disability benefit status to thousands ...

What conditions does the VA consider presumptive? To obtain a disability rating from the VA, an applicant must prove that their condition is a result of their military service. However, certain ...

There are a variety of ways veterans can get VA service-connected disability compensation: direct, aggravation, secondary and presumptive. Direct service-connection: Service-connection is granted on a ...

The Biden administration announced two initiatives over the last week aimed at making it easier for some federal workers and military veterans to receive disability benefits associated with chronic ...

“This regulation is a step in the right direction in recognizing the serious diseases veterans are developing because of these exposures,” said Brett Buchanan. Belleville, Illinois, May 17, 2022 ...

PORTSMOUTH — Doris Brock worries the federal government doesn’t want to find out why her husband, and a group of other men who served at the 157th Air Refueling Wing, have died from cancer. “I ...

2010-09-23T11:35:12-04:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/bd6/295617-m.jpgVeterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki testified about his decision to expand Agent Orange ...