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Rheumatoid arthritis – A generalized disease, occurring more often in women, which primarily affects connective tissue; arthritis is the dominant clinical manifestation, involving many joints, especially those of the hands and feet, accompanied by thickening of articular soft tissue, with extension of synovial tissue over articular cartilages, which become eroded; the course is variable but often is chronic and progressive, leading to deformities and disability. (Stedman's medical dictionary 28th ed., 2005)
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Syn: Phlebotomus fever (Stedman's medical dictionary 28th ed., 2005) Sarcoidosis – A systemic granulomatous disease of unknown cause, especially involving the lungs with resulting interstitial fibrosis, but also involving lymph nodes, skin, liver, spleen, eyes, phalangeal bones, and parotid glands; granulomas are composed of epithelioid and multinucleated giant cells with little or no necrosis.
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Scurvy – A disease marked by inanition, debility, anemia, and edema of the dependent parts; a spongy condition sometimes with ulceration of the gums and loss of teeth, hemorrhages into the skin from the mucous membranes and internal organs, and poor wound healing; due to a diet lacking vitamin C (Stedman's medical dictionary 28th ed., 2005)
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Service-connected – With respect to disability or death, that such disability was incurred or aggravated, or that the death resulted from a disability incurred or aggravated, in line of duty in the active military, naval, or air service. (Definitions.
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Squamous Cell Carcinoma – A malignant neoplasm derived from stratified squamous epithelium, but which may also occur in sites such as bronchial mucosa where glandular or columnar epithelium is normally present; variable amounts of keratin are formed, in relation to the degree of differentiation, and, if the keratin is not on the surface, it may accumulate in the neoplasm as a keratin pearl; in instances in which the cells are well differentiated, intercellular bridges may be observed between adjacent cells. (Stedman's medical dictionary 28th ed., 2005)
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(Stedman's medical dictionary 28th ed., 2005) Systematic error – One-sided variation of measurements from the true values; see also "bias." Systemic lupus erythematosus – An inflammatory connective tissue disease with variable features, frequently including fever, weakness and fatigability, joint pains or arthritis resembling rheumatoid arthritis, diffuse erythematous skin lesions on the face, neck, or upper extremities, with liquefaction degeneration of the basal layer and epidermal atrophy, lymphadenopathy, pleurisy or pericarditis, glomerular lesions, anemia, hyperglobulinemia, and a positive LE cell test result, with serum antibodies to nuclear protein and sometimes to double-stranded DNA and other substances.
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Trypanosomiasis – Any disease caused by a trypanosome. (Stedman's medical dictionary 28th ed., 2005)
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§ 101.) Veteran – A person who served in the active military, naval, or air service, and who was discharged or released therefrom under conditions other than dishonorable.
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(Stedman's medical dictionary 28th ed., 2005) LEGISLATION 1818 Service Pension Law 1862 General Pension Act 1862 Homestead Act 1890 Dependent Pension Act 1917 War Risk Insurance Act Amendments 1918 Vocational Rehabilitation Act 1924 World War Adjustment Compensation Act 1933 Economy Act 1943 Disabled Veterans' Rehabilitation Act 1944 Servicemen's Readjustment Act (GI Bill of Rights)
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1991 Agent Orange Act 1994 Persian Gulf War Veterans' Benefit Act 2000 Veterans Millennium Health Care and Benefits Act 2003 Veterans Benefits Act Prepublication Copy – Uncorrected Proof
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