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VA Presumptive Conditions: Attorney Medical Reference Library

A condition-by-condition library that separates what the presumption establishes from the medical questions that remain: diagnosis, severity, residuals, secondary causation, aggravation, C&P rebuttal, and employability.

Publishing strategy

One medically specific page; all applicable presumptions on that page.

Where the same disease appears under more than one presumption—such as bladder cancer, Parkinson’s disease, multiple myeloma, or hypertension—the condition article combines those pathways rather than creating competing duplicate pages. Broad statutory groups are retained only when VA itself uses a broad category such as gastrointestinal cancers or respiratory cancers.

Priority A · Presumptive condition

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)

Chronic disease presumption | ALS general presumption

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Asthma

Mustard gas / Lewisite presumption | Fine particulate matter presumption | PACT Act / burn pit and toxic exposure presumption

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Bladder cancer

Agent Orange / herbicide presumption | Camp Lejeune presumption | Ionizing radiation presumption | 2025 toxic-exposure genitourinary presumption | PACT Act / burn pit and toxic exposure presumption

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Brain cancer

Ionizing radiation presumption | PACT Act / burn pit and toxic exposure presumption

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Priority A · Presumptive condition

Chronic bronchitis

Mustard gas / Lewisite presumption | PACT Act / burn pit and toxic exposure presumption

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Priority A · Presumptive condition

Chronic fatigue syndrome

Gulf War MUCMI / undiagnosed illness presumption

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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)

Mustard gas / Lewisite presumption | PACT Act / burn pit and toxic exposure presumption

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Priority A · Presumptive condition

Chronic rhinitis

PACT Act / burn pit and toxic exposure presumption | Fine particulate matter presumption

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Priority A · Presumptive condition

Chronic sinusitis

PACT Act / burn pit and toxic exposure presumption | Fine particulate matter presumption

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Priority A · Presumptive condition

Constrictive or obliterative bronchiolitis

PACT Act / burn pit and toxic exposure presumption

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Priority A · Presumptive condition

Diabetes mellitus

Chronic disease presumption | Agent Orange / herbicide presumption

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Priority A · Presumptive condition

Emphysema

Mustard gas / Lewisite presumption | PACT Act / burn pit and toxic exposure presumption

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Priority A · Presumptive condition

Fibromyalgia

Gulf War MUCMI / undiagnosed illness presumption

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Priority A · Presumptive condition

Functional gastrointestinal disorders

Gulf War MUCMI / undiagnosed illness presumption

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Priority A · Presumptive condition

Glioblastoma

PACT Act / burn pit and toxic exposure presumption

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Priority A · Presumptive condition

Hypertension

Chronic disease presumption | Agent Orange / herbicide presumption

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Priority A · Presumptive condition

Hypothyroidism

Agent Orange / herbicide presumption

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Priority A · Presumptive condition

Interstitial lung disease

PACT Act / burn pit and toxic exposure presumption

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Priority A · Presumptive condition

Ischemic heart disease

Agent Orange / herbicide presumption

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Priority A · Presumptive condition

Kidney cancer

Camp Lejeune presumption | Ionizing radiation presumption | PACT Act / burn pit and toxic exposure presumption

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Priority A · Presumptive condition

Leukemia

Chronic disease presumption | Ionizing radiation presumption | Camp Lejeune presumption | 2025 toxic-exposure hematologic presumption | PACT Act / burn pit and toxic exposure presumption

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Priority A · Presumptive condition

Liver cancer

Camp Lejeune presumption | Ionizing radiation presumption

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Priority A · Presumptive condition

Lung cancer

Ionizing radiation presumption | Mustard gas / Lewisite presumption | PACT Act / burn pit and toxic exposure presumption | Fine particulate matter presumption

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Priority A · Presumptive condition

Medically unexplained chronic multisymptom illness (MUCMI)

Gulf War MUCMI / undiagnosed illness presumption

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Priority A · Presumptive condition

Monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS)

Agent Orange / herbicide presumption | 2025 toxic-exposure hematologic presumption

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Priority A · Presumptive condition

Multiple myeloma

Ionizing radiation presumption | Agent Orange / herbicide presumption | Camp Lejeune presumption | 2025 toxic-exposure hematologic presumption | PACT Act / burn pit and toxic exposure presumption

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Priority A · Presumptive condition

Myelodysplastic syndromes

Camp Lejeune presumption | PACT Act / burn pit and toxic exposure presumption | 2025 toxic-exposure hematologic presumption

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Priority A · Presumptive condition

Myelofibrosis

PACT Act / burn pit and toxic exposure presumption | 2025 toxic-exposure hematologic presumption

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Priority A · Presumptive condition

Non-Hodgkin lymphoma

Ionizing radiation presumption | Agent Orange / herbicide presumption | Camp Lejeune presumption | PACT Act / burn pit and toxic exposure presumption

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Priority A · Presumptive condition

Parkinson's disease

Chronic disease presumption | Agent Orange / herbicide presumption | Camp Lejeune presumption

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Priority A · Presumptive condition

Parkinsonism

Agent Orange / herbicide presumption

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Priority A · Presumptive condition

Prostate cancer

Agent Orange / herbicide presumption | PACT Act / burn pit and toxic exposure presumption

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Priority A · Presumptive condition

Pulmonary fibrosis

PACT Act / burn pit and toxic exposure presumption

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Priority A · Presumptive condition

Respiratory cancers

Agent Orange / herbicide presumption | PACT Act / burn pit and toxic exposure presumption

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Priority A · Presumptive condition

Undiagnosed illness

Gulf War MUCMI / undiagnosed illness presumption

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Priority A · Presumptive condition

Ureter cancer

PACT Act / burn pit and toxic exposure presumption | 2025 toxic-exposure genitourinary presumption

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Priority A- · Presumptive condition

Active tuberculosis

Chronic disease presumption | Gulf War infectious disease presumption

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Priority A- · Presumptive condition

AL amyloidosis

Agent Orange / herbicide presumption

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Priority A- · Presumptive condition

Anxiety states, including PTSD

Former POW presumption

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Priority A- · Presumptive condition

Aplastic anemia

Camp Lejeune presumption

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Priority A- · Presumptive condition

Atherosclerotic or hypertensive heart disease

Former POW presumption

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Priority A- · Presumptive condition

Breast cancer

Ionizing radiation presumption | PACT Act / burn pit and toxic exposure presumption

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Priority A- · Presumptive condition

Chronic B-cell leukemia

Agent Orange / herbicide presumption

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Priority A- · Presumptive condition

Colon cancer

Ionizing radiation presumption | PACT Act / burn pit and toxic exposure presumption

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Priority A- · Presumptive condition

Gastrointestinal cancers

PACT Act / burn pit and toxic exposure presumption

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Priority A- · Presumptive condition

Genitourinary cancers

PACT Act / burn pit and toxic exposure presumption

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Priority A- · Presumptive condition

Hematologic and lymphatic cancers

PACT Act / burn pit and toxic exposure presumption

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Priority A- · Presumptive condition

Hodgkin lymphoma

Chronic disease presumption | Agent Orange / herbicide presumption | PACT Act / burn pit and toxic exposure presumption

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Priority A- · Presumptive condition

Irritable bowel syndrome

Former POW presumption | Gulf War MUCMI / undiagnosed illness presumption

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Priority A- · Presumptive condition

Laryngeal cancer

Mustard gas / Lewisite presumption | PACT Act / burn pit and toxic exposure presumption | Fine particulate matter presumption

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Priority A- · Presumptive condition

Melanoma

PACT Act / burn pit and toxic exposure presumption

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Priority A- · Presumptive condition

Multiple sclerosis

Chronic disease presumption

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Priority A- · Presumptive condition

Pancreatic cancer

Ionizing radiation presumption | PACT Act / burn pit and toxic exposure presumption

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Priority A- · Presumptive condition

Peripheral neuropathy

Former POW presumption | Agent Orange / herbicide presumption

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Priority A- · Presumptive condition

Reproductive cancers

PACT Act / burn pit and toxic exposure presumption

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Priority A- · Presumptive condition

Sarcoidosis

Chronic disease presumption | PACT Act / burn pit and toxic exposure presumption

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Priority A- · Presumptive condition

Soft-tissue sarcoma

Agent Orange / herbicide presumption

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Priority A- · Presumptive condition

Stroke and its complications

Former POW presumption

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Priority A- · Presumptive condition

Thyroid cancer

Ionizing radiation presumption | PACT Act / burn pit and toxic exposure presumption

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Priority A- · Presumptive condition

Urinary tract cancer

Ionizing radiation presumption

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Priority B · Presumptive condition

Acute nonlymphocytic leukemia

Mustard gas / Lewisite presumption

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Priority B · Presumptive condition

Bile duct cancer

Ionizing radiation presumption

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Priority B · Presumptive condition

Bone cancer

Ionizing radiation presumption

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Priority B · Presumptive condition

Bronchial cancer

PACT Act / burn pit and toxic exposure presumption

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Priority B · Presumptive condition

Bronchiolo-alveolar carcinoma of the lung

Ionizing radiation presumption

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Priority B · Presumptive condition

Brucellosis

Gulf War infectious disease presumption

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Priority B · Presumptive condition

Campylobacter jejuni infection

Gulf War infectious disease presumption

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Priority B · Presumptive condition

Cervical cancer

PACT Act / burn pit and toxic exposure presumption

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Priority B · Presumptive condition

Chloracne

Agent Orange / herbicide presumption

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Priority B · Presumptive condition

Corneal opacities

Mustard gas / Lewisite presumption

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Priority B · Presumptive condition

Esophageal cancer

Ionizing radiation presumption | PACT Act / burn pit and toxic exposure presumption

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Priority B · Presumptive condition

Frostbite residuals

Former POW presumption

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Priority B · Presumptive condition

Gallbladder cancer

Ionizing radiation presumption

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Priority B · Presumptive condition

Granulomatous disease

PACT Act / burn pit and toxic exposure presumption

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Priority B · Presumptive condition

Head cancers

PACT Act / burn pit and toxic exposure presumption

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Priority B · Presumptive condition

Keratitis

Mustard gas / Lewisite presumption

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Priority B · Presumptive condition

Leishmaniasis

Tropical disease presumption | Gulf War infectious disease presumption

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Priority B · Presumptive condition

Malaria

Tropical disease presumption | Gulf War infectious disease presumption

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Priority B · Presumptive condition

Malignant tumors of the brain, spinal cord, or peripheral nerves

Chronic disease presumption

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Priority B · Presumptive condition

Nasopharyngeal cancer

Mustard gas / Lewisite presumption

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Priority B · Presumptive condition

Neck cancers

PACT Act / burn pit and toxic exposure presumption

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Priority B · Presumptive condition

Osteoporosis

Former POW presumption

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Priority B · Presumptive condition

Ovarian cancer

Ionizing radiation presumption | PACT Act / burn pit and toxic exposure presumption

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Priority B · Presumptive condition

Peptic ulcer disease

Chronic disease presumption | Former POW presumption

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Priority B · Presumptive condition

Persistent depressive disorder (dysthymic disorder)

Former POW presumption

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Priority B · Presumptive condition

Pharyngeal cancer

Ionizing radiation presumption | PACT Act / burn pit and toxic exposure presumption

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Priority B · Presumptive condition

Pleuritis

PACT Act / burn pit and toxic exposure presumption

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Priority B · Presumptive condition

Porphyria cutanea tarda

Agent Orange / herbicide presumption

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Priority B · Presumptive condition

Post-traumatic osteoarthritis

Former POW presumption

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Priority B · Presumptive condition

Q fever (Coxiella burnetii)

Gulf War infectious disease presumption

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Priority B · Presumptive condition

Rare lung cancer subtypes

PACT Act / burn pit and toxic exposure presumption | Fine particulate matter presumption

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Priority B · Presumptive condition

Salivary gland cancer

Ionizing radiation presumption | PACT Act / burn pit and toxic exposure presumption

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Priority B · Presumptive condition

Squamous cell carcinoma of the skin

Mustard gas / Lewisite presumption

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Priority B · Presumptive condition

Stomach cancer

Ionizing radiation presumption | PACT Act / burn pit and toxic exposure presumption

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Priority B · Presumptive condition

Testicular cancer

PACT Act / burn pit and toxic exposure presumption

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Priority B · Presumptive condition

Tracheal cancer

PACT Act / burn pit and toxic exposure presumption | Fine particulate matter presumption

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Priority B · Presumptive condition

Urethral cancer

PACT Act / burn pit and toxic exposure presumption | Ionizing radiation presumption

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Priority B · Presumptive condition

Uterine cancer

PACT Act / burn pit and toxic exposure presumption

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Priority B · Presumptive condition

Visceral leishmaniasis

Gulf War infectious disease presumption

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Priority B · Presumptive condition

West Nile virus infection

Gulf War infectious disease presumption

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Priority C · Presumptive condition

Amebiasis

Tropical disease presumption

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Priority C · Presumptive condition

Arteriosclerosis

Chronic disease presumption

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Priority C · Presumptive condition

Arthritis

Chronic disease presumption

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Priority C · Presumptive condition

Avitaminosis

Former POW presumption

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Priority C · Presumptive condition

Beriberi

Former POW presumption

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Priority C · Presumptive condition

Blackwater fever

Tropical disease presumption

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Priority C · Presumptive condition

Brain hemorrhage

Chronic disease presumption

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Priority C · Presumptive condition

Brain thrombosis

Chronic disease presumption

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Priority C · Presumptive condition

Bronchiectasis

Chronic disease presumption

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Priority C · Presumptive condition

Buerger's disease (thromboangiitis obliterans)

Chronic disease presumption

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Priority C · Presumptive condition

Bulbar palsy

Chronic disease presumption

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Priority C · Presumptive condition

Cardiovascular-renal disease

Chronic disease presumption

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Priority C · Presumptive condition

Cholera

Tropical disease presumption

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Priority C · Presumptive condition

Chronic conjunctivitis

Mustard gas / Lewisite presumption

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Priority C · Presumptive condition

Chronic laryngitis

Mustard gas / Lewisite presumption

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Priority C · Presumptive condition

Cirrhosis of the liver

Chronic disease presumption | Former POW presumption

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Priority C · Presumptive condition

Coccidioidomycosis

Chronic disease presumption

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Priority C · Presumptive condition

Dracunculiasis (Guinea worm disease)

Tropical disease presumption

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Priority C · Presumptive condition

Dysentery

Tropical disease presumption | Former POW presumption

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Priority C · Presumptive condition

Encephalitis lethargica residuals

Chronic disease presumption

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Priority C · Presumptive condition

Endocarditis and valvular heart disease

Chronic disease presumption

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Priority C · Presumptive condition

Endocrinopathies

Chronic disease presumption

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Priority C · Presumptive condition

Epilepsies

Chronic disease presumption

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Priority C · Presumptive condition

Filariasis

Tropical disease presumption

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Priority C · Presumptive condition

Hansen's disease (leprosy)

Chronic disease presumption

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Priority C · Presumptive condition

Helminthiasis

Former POW presumption

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Priority C · Presumptive condition

Idiopathic hemorrhagic purpura

Chronic disease presumption

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Priority C · Presumptive condition

Kidney, bladder, or gallbladder calculi

Chronic disease presumption

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Priority C · Presumptive condition

Loiasis

Tropical disease presumption

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Priority C · Presumptive condition

Malnutrition and optic atrophy

Former POW presumption

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Priority C · Presumptive condition

Myasthenia gravis

Chronic disease presumption

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Priority C · Presumptive condition

Myelitis

Chronic disease presumption

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Priority C · Presumptive condition

Myocarditis

Chronic disease presumption

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Priority C · Presumptive condition

Nephritis

Chronic disease presumption

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Priority C · Presumptive condition

Nontyphoid Salmonella infection

Gulf War infectious disease presumption

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Priority C · Presumptive condition

Nutritional deficiency

Former POW presumption

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Priority C · Presumptive condition

Onchocerciasis

Tropical disease presumption

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Priority C · Presumptive condition

Organic diseases of the nervous system

Chronic disease presumption

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Priority C · Presumptive condition

Oroya fever

Tropical disease presumption

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Priority C · Presumptive condition

Osteomalacia

Chronic disease presumption

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Priority C · Presumptive condition

Paget's disease of bone

Chronic disease presumption

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Priority C · Presumptive condition

Pellagra

Former POW presumption

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Priority C · Presumptive condition

Penile cancer

PACT Act / burn pit and toxic exposure presumption

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Priority C · Presumptive condition

Pinta

Tropical disease presumption

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Priority C · Presumptive condition

Plague

Tropical disease presumption

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Priority C · Presumptive condition

Primary anemia

Chronic disease presumption

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Priority C · Presumptive condition

Progressive muscular atrophy

Chronic disease presumption

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Priority C · Presumptive condition

Psychosis

Chronic disease presumption | Former POW presumption

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Priority C · Presumptive condition

Raynaud's disease

Chronic disease presumption

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Priority C · Presumptive condition

Scar formation after vesicant exposure

Mustard gas / Lewisite presumption

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Priority C · Presumptive condition

Schistosomiasis

Tropical disease presumption

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Priority C · Presumptive condition

Scleroderma

Chronic disease presumption

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Priority C · Presumptive condition

Shigella infection

Gulf War infectious disease presumption

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Priority C · Presumptive condition

Small intestine cancer

Ionizing radiation presumption | PACT Act / burn pit and toxic exposure presumption

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Priority C · Presumptive condition

Syringomyelia

Chronic disease presumption

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Priority C · Presumptive condition

Systemic lupus erythematosus

Chronic disease presumption

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Priority C · Presumptive condition

Vaginal cancer

PACT Act / burn pit and toxic exposure presumption

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Priority C · Presumptive condition

Vulvar cancer

PACT Act / burn pit and toxic exposure presumption

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Priority C · Presumptive condition

Yaws

Tropical disease presumption

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Priority C · Presumptive condition

Yellow fever

Tropical disease presumption

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Existing cornerstone articles to retain

Research method

The supplied VA Claims Insider presumptive-condition guide was used as a starting map. Each draft was then grounded in current VA pages and governing statutes/regulations. These are staging drafts: before live publication, high-priority pages should receive a final physician read and, where helpful, one or more disease-specific medical references.