Improving the Presumptive Disability Decision-Making Process for Veterans (2008) / Chapter Skim
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1996. Diseases associated with exposure to certain herbicide agents.
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, VA Disability Compensation Program: Legislative History (Economic Systems Inc., 2004a) , and VA Disability Compensation Program: Literature Review (Economic Systems Inc., 2004b)
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Under Rule 301 if the opponent of the presumption introduces a witness to testify that she saw the absentee 1 year after his disappearance, the presumption vanishes, and the plaintiff has the burden of proving death as though there had Prepublication Copy – Uncorrected Proof
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. • Presumption of service connection -- Aggravation: "A preexisting injury or dis ease will be considered to have been aggravated by active military, naval, or air service, where there is an increase in disability during such [active]
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In general, VA categorizes medical health outcome presumptive decisions into the following categories: Chronic Diseases, Tropical Diseases, Former Prisoners of War (POWs) , Radiation, Herbicide Agents, Mustard Gas/Lewisite, and Persian Gulf War (Zeglin, 2006)
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Appendix E provides quotations which support these categories of arguments favoring and opposing presumptions. Prepublication Copy – Uncorrected Proof
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Washington, DC: VA. Prepublication Copy – Uncorrected Proof
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There are nearly 150 health outcomes which have been presumptively connected by Congress and VA since 1921. Prepublication Copy – Uncorrected Proof 2-7
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