The VA Presumptive List

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The VA presumptive list, not surprisingly, presumes that any conditions on that list were caused by military service even though there may be no medical reasoning that definitively proves the connection.

The VA Presumptive List basically states that if veterans who served in X location/circumstances during certain years developed Y or Z conditions, then those conditions will be automatically considered service-connected. No proof is needed beyond documents showing that the vet was indeed in that location/circumstance at that time.

For example Gulf War Syndrome symptoms is included in the VA Presumptive List and can include:

– Fatigue
– Skin symptoms
– Headaches
– Muscle pain
– Joint pain
– Neurological symptoms
– Mental symptoms
– Respiratory symptoms
– Trouble sleeping
– Cardiovascular symptoms
– Abnormal weight loss
– Menstrual disorders
– Gastrointestinal symptoms