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<blockquote data-quote="greybeard" data-source="post: 1507414" data-attributes="member: 18945"><p>The list of illnesses/maladys/syndromes/disorders that the VA now automatically 'assumes' to be caused by AO is pretty long. </p><p>When it first started, you had to prove you worked, walked or flew thru it. Now, since there is and never has been a definitive test for exposure, if you were in the military during Vietnam Era, and your DD214 shows you were in country and come down with anything on the list (plus others) you arew automatically assumed to have been affected by AO. Heart disease (congestive) Type2 diabetes, most cancers, most skin ailments, and a host of others, regardless of what your family history shows. </p><p>According to both VA and GAO, the AO disability program is the most widely abused program other than the general SS disability and welfare fraud. It simply became cheaper for VA to accept almost all claims than to have the service member prove their ailment was caused by AO. </p><p>I meet at least 3 of the illness definitions/criteria but have no intentions of ever filing for compensation/treatment..VA is strapped for funding and personnel and the younger guys coming out of Iraq and Afghanistan need it/deserve it more than this old body does.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="greybeard, post: 1507414, member: 18945"] The list of illnesses/maladys/syndromes/disorders that the VA now automatically 'assumes' to be caused by AO is pretty long. When it first started, you had to prove you worked, walked or flew thru it. Now, since there is and never has been a definitive test for exposure, if you were in the military during Vietnam Era, and your DD214 shows you were in country and come down with anything on the list (plus others) you arew automatically assumed to have been affected by AO. Heart disease (congestive) Type2 diabetes, most cancers, most skin ailments, and a host of others, regardless of what your family history shows. According to both VA and GAO, the AO disability program is the most widely abused program other than the general SS disability and welfare fraud. It simply became cheaper for VA to accept almost all claims than to have the service member prove their ailment was caused by AO. I meet at least 3 of the illness definitions/criteria but have no intentions of ever filing for compensation/treatment..VA is strapped for funding and personnel and the younger guys coming out of Iraq and Afghanistan need it/deserve it more than this old body does. [/QUOTE]
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