Questions About Southeast Asia Presumptive Conditions

[Scout Swimmer]

Regarding these presumptive conditions, what exactly is the criteria for service connection? Do you need a nexus letter? Does it have to be diagnosed while on active duty? I'm asking because I do have one of the listed conditions, but I've never sought treatment for. Any guidance will be appreciated.

[Berta]

SEA presumptuives and their criteria are all found within our GW Illness forum here.

This is the VA statement on GW illness:

In part:

"Gulf War Veterans who meet the criteria below do not need to prove a connection between their military service and illnesses in order to receive VA disability compensation.

VA presumes certain chronic, unexplained symptoms existing for 6 months or more are related to Gulf War service without regard to cause. These "presumptive" illnesses must have appeared during active duty in the Southwest Asia theater of military operations or by December 31, 2016, and be at least 10 percent disabling. These illnesses include:

(The illnesses are in the link:)
- See more at: http://www.publichealth.va.gov/exposures/gulfwar/medically-unexplained-illness.asp#sthash.4qnom8Ld.dpuf

Also

In March 2010 the VA added 9 more presumoptives regarding infectious diseases to that list.

The show we did at SVR on those new presumptives should be in the SVR archives.

I also posted a follow up topic to the show in this forum.

[Philip Rogers]

SEA presumptives apply if you have them and you served in VN and some of the waters in or off the coast of VN. You need the diagnosis and proof you served there.

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[john999]

If it says Vietnam on your DD214 and you have presumptive condition that is all you need to get compensated. Of course, there are guys here who served in Nam and surrounding areas that were sprayed and they don't have Vietnam on DD214. People on TDY assignments from Navy and AF sometimes were in Nam but there is no record.

[Scout Swimmer]

Ahh. I see. I'm 40 so obviously no Vietnam. I completed two deployments to Southeast Asia with the 11th and 13th Marine Expeditionary Units from 95-99, so this wouldn't apply to me I assume.

[manning01]

Ahh. I see. I'm 40 so obviously no Vietnam. I completed two deployments to Southeast Asia with the 11th and 13th Marine Expeditionary Units from 95-99, so this wouldn't apply to me I assume.

Read Berta's post above she posted all the info you need for GW presumptive. I'm SC'd for 2 GW/OIF presumptive from when I was there in 2004 and 2007. Nothing was in my SMR's but they do see me for those issues and I told them I had the issues while in OIF. I backed that up that assertion with copies of my outside doctors medical records stating that I had these issues back to when I was deployed to Iraq and being seen since then so they had what they needed to enter it into my VA medical records. The reason I seen private Doctors is due to me being in the National Guard hence why it not in my SMR's. When I did my online FDC (claim) for both of them I was SC'd in less than 111 days at 80% but that's the Phoenix RO. Hope that helps.

Edited June 3, 2014 by manning01

[Chuck75]

Ahh. I see. I'm 40 so obviously no Vietnam. I completed two deployments to Southeast Asia with the 11th and 13th Marine Expeditionary Units from 95-99, so this wouldn't apply to me I assume.

Presumptive No. However, if you happened to serve in a location that is now know as an A.O. "Hotspot", maybe.

I don't have a list, but someone might.