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hi in this video we're going to be discussing 2023 updates and new perceptions for Gulf War veterans
with Gulf War syndrome so who is exposed to toxins during the Gulf War well VA recognizes Persian
Gulf Forest Service as service in the Southwest Asia theater of military operations beginning on
August 2nd 1990. Gulf War Service locations include Iraq Kuwait Saudi Arabia and more
during the Persian Gulf War service members were exposed to numerous toxins in harmful
environmental conditions including smoke from oil well fires nerve gas releases insecticides and
pesticides vaccinations particulate matter and more after the Persian Gulf War veterans began
to experience unexplained illness and symptoms collectively referred to as Gulf War Illness or
Gulf War syndrome for more information on what Gulf War syndrome is and the types of symptoms
check out our other videos so what is va's Gulf War presumption to qualify for presumptive service
connection a Persian Gulf War veteran must have experienced symptoms for at least six
months and the symptoms must reach a convincible degree meaning it must be apple level of at least
10 percent disabling also their symptoms must manifest any time between their active duty in
Southwest Asia theater of military operations and December 31st 2026. so what conditions are covered
as presumptive conditions to start muck means you make me or a medically unexplained chronic
multi-symptom illness is a diagnosed condition characterized by clusters of symptoms without
a conclusive pathophysiology or etiology the A-list chronic fatigue syndrome fibromyalgia
and functional gastrointestinal disorders as examples of machines next undiagnosed illnesses
undiagnosed illnesses require objective evidence showing a veteran has symptoms of an illness that
a doctor cannot diagnose or determine the cause of some symptoms of undiagnosed illnesses include
weight loss cardio cardiovascular symptoms fatigue headaches and sleep disturbances this
is not an exhaustive list meaning other symptoms can be indicative of an undiagnosed illness
they also include infectious diseases as part of the Persian Gulf War presumptions and this also
applies to veterans that serve in Afghanistan after September 2001. for veterans diagnosed
within one year of Separation VA presumes service connection for the following infectious diseases
brucellosis campylobacter to Juni coccia laburnetti malaria non-typhoid salmonella
shingella West Nile Virus and then veterans who are diagnosed at any time after their separation
qualify for presumptive service connection for the following infectious diseases microbacterium
tuberculosis and visceral lichmannisis so what is the Gulf War presumption for particulate matter
related conditions VA has added three new presumptive conditions for veterans related
to particulate matter exposure in Southwest Asia they include chronic asthma rhinitis and sinusitis
to qualify for the presumption the respiratory condition must have manifested Within within
10 years of the quality of military service this particulate matter presumption impacts
veterans who served routine August 2nd 1990 to present in Southwest Asia that that is golf War
veterans and Veterans who served in Afghanistan Uzbekistan Syria or Djibouti between September
19 2001 to present so why do veterans need to know basically when the backpack was passed
in 2022 it added 23 conditions to the presumptive list for covered veterans
to learn more about what exactly the types of veterans and conditions are that are covered by
the pack act be sure to watch our videos about that Gulfport veterans can qualify
for presumptive service connection if their service meets the covered veteran criteria
and they have one of the conditions included in the presumptive list conditions include
respiratory illnesses cancers and more for the full list of presumptive conditions read
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Gulf War syndrome check out our video titled Gulf War syndrome and presumptives thanks for watching
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