
Gulf War Veterans may still seek to establish service connection individually for other, "non-presumptive" diseases and illnesses related to service in the Gulf War.
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Medically unexplained illnesses (popularly called "Gulf War Syndrome"). For Gulf War Veterans, these presumptive diseases include: Gulf War Veterans' IllnessesĬertain illnesses and diseases are "presumed" by VA to be related to your military service in designated areas of Southwest Asia and may entitle you to VA disability compensation benefits. See our Veterans page for an overview of the benefits available to all Veterans. VA benefits include disability compensation, pension, education and training, health care, home loans, insurance, vocational rehabilitation and employment, and burial. Gulf War Veterans may be eligible for a wide-variety of benefits available to all U.S. Therefore, any Veteran who served on active military service for any period from August 2, 1990, to the present meets the wartime service requirement. For example, the Veterans Pension benefit requires service during a wartime period. This means that anyone who served on active duty from August 2, 1990, to present is considered a Gulf War Veteran. For VA benefits eligibility purposes, the Gulf War period is still in effect. More than 650,000 Service members served in Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm from Augto July 31, 1991. Indigent Veterans and Unclaimed Remains.
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