Veteran_ Resource_ book_2014
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Hodgkin’s disease<br />
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Multiple myeloma<br />
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Respiratory cancers (lung, bronchus, larynx, trachea)<br />
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Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma<br />
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Prostate cancer<br />
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Acute and sub-acute peripheral neuropathy<br />
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Type 2 diabetes<br />
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Chronic B-cell leukemia<br />
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Ischemic heart disease<br />
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Parkinson’s disease<br />
ATOMIC VETERANS (EXPOSED TO IONIZING RADIATION)<br />
Participated in atmospheric nuclear testing; occupied or was a POW in Hiroshima<br />
or Nagasaki; service before February 1, 1992 at a diffusion plant in Paducah, KY,<br />
Portsmouth, OH, or Oak Ridge, TN; or service before January 1, 1974 at Amchitka<br />
Island, AK:<br />
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Leukemia (except for chronic lymphocytic leukemia)<br />
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Cancers of the bile ducts, bone, brain, breast, colon, esophagus, gall bladder,<br />
liver (primary site, but not if cirrhosis or hepatitis B is indicated), lung<br />
(including bronchiolo-alveolar cancer), pancreas, pharynx, ovary, salivary<br />
gland, small intestine, stomach, thyroid, urinary tract (kidney/renal, pelvis,<br />
urinary bladder, and urethra)<br />
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Multiple myeloma<br />
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Lymphomas (other than Hodgkin’s disease)<br />
GULF WAR VETERANS (UNDIAGNOSED ILLNESS)<br />
Served in the Southwest Asia Theater of Operations during the Gulf War with<br />
condition at least 10 percent disabling by December 31, 2016. Included are<br />
medically unexplained chronic multi-symptom illnesses defined by a cluster of<br />
signs or symptoms that have existed for six months or more, such as:<br />
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Chronic fatigue syndrome<br />
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Fibromyalgia<br />
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Functional gastrointestinal disorders<br />
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Any diagnosed or undiagnosed illness that the Secretary of <strong>Veteran</strong>s Affairs<br />
determines warrants a presumption of service connection<br />
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