U.S. Airmen prepare for a mission at Karshi-Khanabad Air Base in Uzbekistan on April 19, 2005. (Master Sgt. Scott Sturkol/Army) Veterans who served in the first Gulf War or Post-9/11 conflicts ...

Presumptive conditions are a set of illnesses that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) automatically assumes cause disability. However, in some cases, the VA may deny an application for benefits, ...

Veterans exposed to toxic burn pits will for the first time get presumptive disability benefits status for some illnesses related to their exposure from the Department of Veterans Affairs. While on ...

What conditions does the VA consider presumptive? To obtain a disability rating from the VA, an applicant must prove that their condition is a result of their military service. However, certain ...

PORTSMOUTH — Doris Brock worries the federal government doesn’t want to find out why her husband, and a group of other men who served at the 157th Air Refueling Wing, have died from cancer. “I ...

There are a variety of ways veterans can get VA service-connected disability compensation: direct, aggravation, secondary and presumptive. Direct service-connection: Service-connection is granted on a ...

Veterans who served in the first Gulf War or Post-9/11 conflicts suffering from leukemia, bladder cancer and other related illnesses will be granted presumptive benefits status under plans announced ...