Veteran_ Resource_ book_2014
Veteran_ Resource_ book_2014
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CHILDREN BORN WITH SPINA BIFIDA TO CERTAIN VIETNAM OR<br />
KOREAN VETERANS<br />
The Spina Bifida (SB) program is a comprehensive healthcare benefits program<br />
for birth children of certain Vietnam and Korea veterans who have been diagnosed<br />
with SB (except Spina Bifida Occulta). The SB program provides reimbursement<br />
for medical services, pharmacy, durable medical equipment and supplies.<br />
For more information about SB healthcare benefits, call (888) 820-1756 or to<br />
go www.va.gov/hac/forbeneficiaries/spina/spina.asp.<br />
CHILDREN OF WOMEN VIETNAM VETERANS (CWVV) BORN WITH<br />
CERTAIN BIRTH DEFECTS<br />
The CWVV Health Care Program is a federal health benefits program for children<br />
of women Vietnam veterans born with certain birth defects. The CWVV Program<br />
provides reimbursement for medical care related to covered birth defects and<br />
conditions associated with the covered birth defect except for spina bifida.<br />
For more information about benefits for children with birth defects, call<br />
(888) 820-1756 or go to www.va.gov/hac/forbeneficiaries and select Spina<br />
Bifida/Children of Women Vietnam <strong>Veteran</strong>s.<br />
PRESUMPTIVE HEALTH<br />
CONDITIONS<br />
Normally, claimants must show proof of relationship between service and the<br />
condition being claimed; however, the VA presumes that specific disabilities<br />
diagnosed in certain veterans were caused by their military service because of<br />
unique circumstances in that particular geographic location.<br />
WHAT CONDITIONS ARE PRESUMED TO BE CAUSED BY<br />
MILITARY SERVICE?<br />
Traditionally, there are three categories in which veterans may qualify for a<br />
service-connected disability based on a condition to be presumed by military<br />
service. These groups are veterans who were diagnosed with a chronic disease<br />
such as arthritis, diabetes, or hypertension within one year of being released<br />
from active duty; veterans diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS),<br />
also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, at any time after discharge or release from<br />
qualifying active service in which they have continuous service of 90 days or<br />
more; and veterans who served in the conflicts/geographic regions associated<br />
with those diagnosed conditions identified below:<br />
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