If you are an Afghanistan Veteran, you may qualify for Presumptive Disability Benefits if you are diagnosed with the following:
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An infection spread from animals to people, mostly by unpasteurized dairy products.
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Symptoms:
- Joint and muscle pain
- Fever
- Weight loss
- Fatigue
Treatment:
- Antibiotics
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Q fever is spread to humans by animals, most commonly sheep, goats, and cattle. It’s caused by inhaling dust particles contaminated by infected animals.
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Symptoms:
- High fever, up to 105 F (41 C)
- Severe headache
- Fatigue
- Chills
- Cough
- Nausea
- Vomiting
- Diarrhea
- Sensitivity to light
Treatment:
- Antibiotic doxycycline
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A disease caused by a plasmodium parasite, transmitted by the bite of infected mosquitoes.
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Symptoms:
- Chills
- Fever
- Sweating
- Pain in the Abdomen or muscles
- Diarrhea
- Nausea
- Vomitting
Treatment:
- Antiparasitics
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a species of pathogenic bacteria in the family Mycobacteriaceae and the causative agent of tuberculosis.
Loss of appetite
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Symptoms:
- Coughing for three or more weeks
- Coughing up blood or mucus
- Chest pain, or pain with breathing or coughing
- Unintentional weight loss
- Fatigue
- Fever
- Night sweats
- Chills
Treatment:
- Medication
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Gram-negative bacteria that primarily cause gastroenteritis, bacteremia, and focal infection.
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Symptoms:
- Diarrhea
- High fever with prostration
- Symptoms of focal infection
Treatment:
- Supportive care
- Medication
- Surgery
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Shigella is a genus of bacteria that is Gram-negative, facultative anaerobic, non-spore-forming, nonmotile, rod-shaped, and genetically closely related to E. coli.
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Symptoms:
- Diarrhea (sometimes bloody)
- Fever
- Stomach pain
- Feeling the need to pass stool [poop] even when the bowels are empty
Treatment:
- Drink plenty of fluids to prevent dehydration
- Antibiotics
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A disease caused by infection with leishmania parasites. Visceral leishmaniasis is spread by sandfly bites. This type of leishmaniasis affects the internal organs, usually the spleen, liver, and bone marrow.
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Symptoms:
- Fever
- Weight loss
- Swelling of the spleen or liver
Treatment:
- Medication
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A mosquito-transmitted virus causes most cases of West Nile infection. Most people infected with West Nile virus either don’t develop signs or symptoms or have only minor ones, such as a fever and mild headache.
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Symptoms:
- Fever
- Headache
- Body aches
- Vomiting
- Diarrhea
- Fatigue
- Skin rash
Treatment:
- Supportive therapy
- Medication
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Presumptive Conditions:
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How To Get Presumptive Disability Benefits
We hope this guide provides a better understanding of what Presumptive Conditions are and how they work. If you served in an area that may have caused disability, you might be entitled to compensation. File a presumptive claim to get the benefits you deserve.
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What Are Presumptive Conditions?
To understand what Presumptive Conditions are, you should know the limits the Department of Veterans Affairs places on Veterans. The VA has strict rules that limit whether or not a Veteran receives disability compensation. All disabilities must have a proven and clear connection to your time in service. Therefore, if you can not provide proof, the VA will deny your disability claim.
However, depending on your period of service, deployment history, and disability, you may qualify for automatic compensation. According to the VA, this means you may be eligible to receive Presumptive Disability Benefits because they presume that specific disabilities were a direct result of military service. To clarify, there is no need to provide any proof that a particular disability is service-connected, and it does not need to appear in your service medical records.
Even if these Presumptive Conditions appear after your time in the military, you are still entitled to compensation. For some (but not all) of these disabilities, symptoms must occur within one year after your military discharge. In addition, you must have served for a minimum of 90 days, and a VA disability rating of at least 10%.
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