What tropical diseases are subject to a presumptive service connection?

What tropical diseases are subject to a presumptive service connection?
What tropical diseases are subject to a presumptive service connection?
Posted by on November 25, 2014 in
Pursuant to 38 CFR 3.309, the following tropical diseases are granted service connection as a result of tropical service, although not otherwise established as incurred in service if manifested to a compensable degree within the applicable time limits following service in a period of war or following peacetime service, provided the rebuttable presumption provisions are also satisfied.
  • Amebiasis
  • Blackwater fever
  • Cholera
  • Dracontiasis
  • Dysentery
  • Filariasis
  • Leishmaniasis, including kala-azar
  • Loiasis
  • Malaria
  • Onchocerciasis
  • Oroya fever
  • Pinta
  • Plague
  • Schistosomiasis
  • Yaws
  • Yellow fever
  • Resultant disorders or diseases originating because of therapy administered in connection with such diseases or as a preventative thereof.
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