VA Disability Claims List

In order to be eligible for VA disability benefits, the veteran must: Have a current illness or injury that affects the mind or body; AND, Have served on active duty, active duty for training, or inactive duty training. Additionally, one of the following must be true: The veteran was sick or injured while serving in the military, and can link their condition to service, OR The veteran had a condition prior to joining the military, and their service aggravated the condition, OR The veteran has a condition which can be linked to service but did not appear until after their service had ended Veterans, and in some cases their qualified dependents, can receive VA disability compensation.

To file a claim for VA disability benefits, the veteran will usually need to submit proof of three things: A current diagnosis of a condition for which VA grants benefits; An in-service event or stressor which caused or contributed to the veteran’s condition; and, A medical nexus indicating the link between the veteran’s service and their condition. Veterans can submit a claim using VA Form 21-526EZ. The form has sections to provide the veteran’s identifying details, claim information, service information, and more. The claim can be submitted to VA in a few ways: Online – using VA’s eBenefits platform By mail – directed to the Department of Veterans Affairs, Evidence Intake Center, PO Box 4444 in Janesville, WI 53547-4444 In person – bringing a completed VA Form 21-526EZ to a VA Regional Office near you With a legal representative – completing the form with a Veterans Service Organization (VSO) or a VA accredited agent or attorney

Claims take approximately 4 months to process and close. You will receive a VA award letter approximately 30 days after your claims close. The VA award letter will detail approved claims, service connections, and disability percentages. The VA award letter will list start date of payments (if applicable).a

Currently, there are approximately 6 million veterans and survivors receiving VA compensation benefits or service-connected death benefits. Below is a VA disability claims list of conditions which veterans can be service connected for:

Amputation of digits of the hand, (ranging from five digits to one digit) Amputation of finger (different ratings given for specific fingers) Amputation of forearm Amputation of the arm Amputation of the leg Amputation of the thigh Amputation of toe(s) Anatomical loss of both feet Anatomical loss of both hands Anatomical loss of one foot and loss of use of one hand Anatomical loss of one hand and loss of use of one foot Anatomical loss of one hand and one foot Ankle replacement (prosthesis) Ankylosing spondylitis Ankylosis of digits of the hand (favorable, unfavorable, specific digits and number of digits affected) Ankylosis of scapulohumeral articulation Ankylosis of subastragalar or tarsal joint Ankylosis of the ankle Ankylosis of the hip Ankylosis of the knee Ankylosis of the wrist Arthritis Degenerative arthritis Gonorrheal arthritis Pneumococcic arthritis Typhoid arthritis Streptococcic arthritis Post-traumatic arthritis Arthropathy Benign neoplasm of the bones Bursitis Claw Foot Decompression illness Degenerative arthritis, degenerative disc disease Dislocated semilunar cartilage Elbow replacement (prosthesis) Fibromyalgia, fibrositis, primary fibromyalgia syndrome Flail joint in hip Flatfoot Genu recurvatum Gout Hallux rigidus Hallux valgus Hammer toe Heterotopic ossification Hip resurfacing or replacement (prosthesis) Impairment of supination and pronation Impairment of the clavicle or scapula Impairment of the femur Impairment of the humerus Impairment of the knee Impairment of the radius Impairment of the thigh Impairment of the tibia and fibula Impairment of the ulna Intervertebral disc syndrome Knee resurfacing or replacement (prosthesis) Limitation of both flexion and extension of the forearm Limitation of extension of the forearm Limitation of extension of the leg Limitation of extension of the thigh Limitation of flexion of the forearm Limitation of flexion of the leg Limitation of flexion of the thigh Limitation of motion of individual digits Limitation of motion of the arm Limitation of motion of the wrist Limited motion of the ankle Loss of part of the skull Loss of use of both feet Loss of use of both hands Loss of use of one hand and one foot Loss of use of the foot Lumbosacral or cervical strain Malignant neoplasm of the bones Malunion of os calcis or astragalus Malunion or non-union of tarsal or metatarsal bones Metatarsalgia (Morton’s Disease) Myositis Non-specified foot injuries Nonunion of the radius and ulna Osteomalacia Osteomyelitis Osteoporosis Ostetitis deformans Plantar fasciitis Removal of semilunar cartilage Removal of the coccyx Removal of the ribs Sacroiliac injury and weakness Shortening of bones of the lower extremity Shoulder replacement (prosthesis) Spinal fusion Spinal stenosis Spondylolisthesis or segmental instability Tenosynovitis, tendinitis, tendinosis, or tendinopathy Traumatic paralysis, paraplegia, quadriplegia Tuberculosis of bones and joints Vertebral fracture of dislocation Weak foot Wrist replacement (prosthesis)

Anatomical loss of both eyes Anatomical loss of one eye Angle-closure glaucoma Aphakia or dislocation of crystalline lens Benign neoplasms of the eye, orbit, and adnexa Cataract Chronic conjunctivitis (nontrachomatous) Concentric contraction of visual field Detachment of retina Diabetic retinopathy Diplopia (double vision) Disorders of the lacrimal apparatus Ectropion Entropion Intraocular hemorrhage Keratoconus Keratopathy Lagophthalmos Loss of eyebrows Loss of eyelashes Loss of eyelids, partial or complete Loss of inferior half of visual field Loss of nasal half of visual field Loss of superior half of visual field Loss of temporal half of visual field Malignant neoplasms of the eye, orbit, and adnexa No more than light perception in both eyes No more than light perception in one eye Nystagmus Open-angle glaucoma Optic neuropathy Paralysis of accommodation (due to neuropathy of the Oculomotor Nerve) Pinguecula Post-chiasmal disorders Pterygium Ptosis Retinal dystrophy Retinal scars, atrophy, or irregularities Retinopathy or maculopathy Scleritis Scotoma Status post corneal transplant Symblepharon Trachomatous conjunctivitis Tuberculosis of eye Unhealed eye injury Vision in one eye 10/200 (3/60) Vision in one eye 15/200 (4.5/60) Vision in one eye 20/100 (6/30) Vision in one eye 20/200 (6/60) Vision in one eye 20/40 (6/12) Vision in one eye 20/50 (6/15) Vision in one eye 20/70 (6/21) Vision in one eye 5/200 (1.5/60) Visual acuity in one eye 10/200 (3/60) or better Visual field defects

Benign neoplasms of the ear Chronic nonsuppurative otitis media with effusion (serous otitis media) Chronic otitis externa Chronic suppurative ostis media, mastoiditis, or cholesteatoma Loss of auricle Malignant neoplasm of the ear Meniere’s syndrome (endolymphatic hydrops) Otosclerosis Perforation of Tympanic membrane Peripheral vestibular disorders Tinnitus

Avitaminosis Bartonellosis Beriberi Brucellosis Campylobacter jejuni infection Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) Coxiella burnetii infection (Q fever) Hemorrhagic fevers, including dengue, yellow fever, and others HIV-Related Illness Hyperinfection syndrome or disseminated strongyloidiasis Leprosy Lupus erythematosus, systemic (disseminated) Lyme Disease Lymphatic filariasis Malaria Melioidosis Nontuberculosis mycobacterium infection Nontyphoid salmonella infections Parasitic diseases otherwise not specified Pellagra Plague Relapsing Fever Rheumatic fever: Rickettsial, ehrlichia, and anaplasma infections: Schistosomiasis Shigella infections Syphilis, and other treponemal infections: Tuberculosis, miliary Vibriosis (Cholera, Non-cholera) Visceral leishmaniasis West Nile virus infection

Actinomycosis Allergic or vasomotor rhinitis Aphonia Asbestosis Aspergillosis Asthma, bronchial: Bacterial rhinitis Blastomyosis Bronchiectasis Chronic Bronchitis Chronic lung abscess Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: Chronic pleural effusion or fibrosis Coccidioidomycosis Cryptococcosis Desquamative interstitial pneumonitis Deviation of the nasal septum Diaphragm paralysis or paresis Diffuse interstitial fibrosis (interstitial pneumonitis, fibrosing alveolitis) Drug-induced pulmonary pneumonitis and fibrosis Emphysema, pulmonary: Eosinophilic granuloma of lung Granulomatous rhinitis: Histoplasmosis of lung Hypersensitivity pneumonitis (extrinsic allergic alveolitis) Kyphoscoliosis, pectus excavatum, pectus carinatum Laryngectomy Laryngitis, chronic: Laryngitis, tuberculous, active or inactive. Loss of part of the nose, or scars Mucormycosis Neoplasms of any specified part of respiratory system Nocardiosis Pharynx injury Pleurisy, tuberculous, Pneumoconiosis (silicosis, anthracosis, etc.) Post-surgical residual (lobectomy, pneumonectomy, etc.). Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis. Pulmonary Vascular Disease Radiation-induced pulmonary pneumonitis and fibrosis Sarcoidosis Sinusitis Chronic pansinusitis Chronis ethmoid sinusitis Chronic frontal sinusitis Chronic maxillary sinusitis Chronic sphenoid sinusitis Sleep Apnea Syndromes (Obstructive, Central, Mixed) Spinal cord injury with respiratory insufficiency Stenosis of the larynx with residuals of laryngeal trauma Traumatic chest wall defect, pneumothorax, hernia, etc. Tuberculosis

Aneurysm, any large artery Aneurysm, any small artery: Angioneurotic edema Aortic aneurysm Arteriosclerosis obliterans Arteriosclerotic heart disease (Coronary artery disease) Arteriovenous fistula, traumatic Atrioventricular block Cardiac transplantation Cardiomyopathy Cold injury residuals Coronary bypass surgery Endocarditis Erythromelalgia Heart valve replacement (prosthesis) Hypertensive heart disease Hypertensive vascular disease (hypertension and isolated systolic hypertension) Hyperthyroid heart disease Implantable cardiac pacemakers Myocardial infarction Pericardial adhesions Pericarditis Post-phlebitic syndrome of any etiology Raynaud’s syndrome Soft tissue sarcoma (of vascular origin) Supraventricular arrhythmias Syphilitic heart disease Thrombo-angiitis obliterans (Buerger’s Disease) Valvular heart disease Varicose veins Ventricular arrhythmias (sustained

Adhesions of Peritoneum Amebiasis Ano, fistula in Benign neoplasms, exclusive of skin growths Cholangitis, chronic Cholecystitis, chronic Cholelithiasis, chronic Chronic liver disease without cirrhosis (including hepatitis B, chronic Cirrhosis of the liver, primary biliary cirrhosis, or cirrhotic phase Colitis, ulcerative Distomiasis, intestinal or hepatic: Duodenal Dysentery, bacillary Enteritis, chronic Enterocolitis, chronic Esophagus, diverticulum of, acquired Gastral Gastritis, hypertrophic (identified by gastroscope) Hemorrhoids, external or internal: Hepatitis C (or non-A, non-B hepatitis) Hernia hiatal Hernia, femoral. Hernia, inguinal: Hernia, ventral, postoperative: Injuries of mouth Injuries of the lips Injury of gall bladder Injury of stomach, residuals Intestine, fistula of, persistent, or after attempt at operative closure: Intestine, large, resection of: Intestine, small, resection of: Irritable colon syndrome (spastic colitis, mucous colitis, etc.) Liver transplant Loss of whole or part of tongue Malignant neoplasms of the digestive system, exclusive of skin growths Pancreatitis Peritonitis, tuberculous, active or inactive: Pnuritus ani. Postgastrectomy syndromes Rectum and anus, impairment of sphincter control: Rectum and anus, stricture of: Rectum, prolapse of Removal of gall bladder Residuals of injury of the liver Spasm of esophagus (cardiospasm) Stenosis of stomach Stricture of esophagus Ulcer Gastral Duodenal Ulcer, marginal (gastrojejunal) Vagotomy with pyloroplasty or gastroenterostomy: Visceroptosis, symptomatic, marked

Atherosclerotic renal disease (renal artery stenosis or atheroembolic renal disease) Benign neoplasms of the genitourinary system Bladder, calculus in Bladder, fistula of Bladder, injury of Chronic renal disease requiring regular dialysis Cystic diseases of the kidneys (polycystic disease, uremic medullary cystic disease, Medullary sponge kidney, and similar conditions) Cystitis, chronic Epididymo-orchitis, chronic only Glomerulonephritis Hydronephrosis Interstitial nephritis Kidney transplant Kidney, abscess of Kidney, removal of one Kidney, tuberculosis of Malignant neoplasms of the genitourinary system Nephritis, chronic Nephrolithiasis Nephrosclerosis, arteriolar Neurogenic bladder Papillary necrosis Penis, deformity, with loss of erectile power Penis, removal of glans Penis, removal of half or more Postoperative, superapubic cystotomy Prostate gland injuries, infections, hypertrophy, post-operative residuals Pyelonephritis, chronic Renal amyloid disease Renal dysfunction Renal tubular disorders (such as renal glycosurias, aminoacidurias, renal tubular acidosis, Fanconi’s syndrome, Bartter’s syndrome, related disorders of Henle’s loop and proximal or distal nephron function, etc.) Testis, atrophy complete Testis, removal Toxic nephropathy (antibotics, radiocontrast agents, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agents, heavy metals, and similar agents) Ureter, stricture of Ureterolithiasis Urethra, fistula of Urethra, stricture of

Acquired hemolytic anemia Adenitis, tuberculous Agranulocytosis AL amyloidosis (primary amyloidosis) Aplastic anemia Chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) (chronic myeloid leukemia or chronic granulocytic leukemia) Essential thrombocythemia and primary myelofibrosis Folic acid deficiency Hodgkin’s lymphoma Immune thrombocytopenia Iron deficiency anemia Leukemia Multiple myeloma Myelodysplastic syndromes Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma Pernicious anemia and Vitamin B12 deficiency anemia Polycythemia vera Sickle cell anemia Solitary plasmacytoma Spleen, injury of, healed Splenectomy

Acne Alopecia areata American (New World) leishmaniasis (mucocutaneous, espundia) Benign skin neoplasms Bullous disorders Burn scar(s) of the head, face, or neck; scar(s) of the head, face, or neck due to other causes; or other disfigurement of the head, face, or neck Burn scar(s) or scar(s) due to other causes, not of the head, face, or neck, that are associated with underlying soft tissue damage Chloracne Chronic urticaria Cutaneous manifestations of collagen-vascular diseases Dermatitis or eczema Dermatophytosis Discoid lupus erythematosus or subacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus Diseases of keratinization (including icthyoses, Darier’s disease, and palmoplantar keratoderma) Erythema multiforme; Toxic epidermal necrolysis Erythroderma Hyperhidrosis Infections of the skin Malignant melanoma Malignant skin neoplasms Old World leishmaniasis (cutaneous, Oriental sore) Papulosquamous disorders Psoriasis Scar(s), unstable or painful Scarring alopecia Tuberculosis luposa (lupus vulgaris), active or inactive Vasculitis, primary cutaneous Vitiligo

Acromegaly Addison’s disease (adrenocortical insufficiency) C-cell hyperplasia of the thyroid Cushing’s syndrome Diabetes insipidus Diabetes mellitus: Hyperaldosteronism (benign or malignant) Hyperparathyroidism Hyperpituitarism (prolactin secreting pituitary dysfunction) Hyperthyroidism Hypoparathyroidism Hypothyroidism Neoplasm, benign, any specified part of the endocrine system Neoplasm, malignant, any specified part of the endocrine system Pheochromocytoma (benign or malignant) Polyglandular syndrome (multiple endocrine neoplasia, autoimmune polyglandular syndrome) Thyroid enlargement, nontoxic Thyroid enlargement, toxic Thyroiditis

Thyroiditis Paralysis agitans Bulbar palsy Brain, vessels, embolism of Brain, vessels, thrombosis of Brain, vessels, hemorrhage from Myelitis Minimum rating Poliomyelitis, anterior Hematomyelia Syphilis, cerebrospinal Syphilis, meningovascular Tabes dorsalis Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis Multiple sclerosis Meningitis, cerebrospinal, epidemic Brain, abscess of Spinal cord, new growths of Progressive muscular atrophy Syringomyelia Myasthenia gravis Residuals of traumatic brain injury (TBI) Cerebral arteriosclerosis Migraine Tic, convulsive Paramyoclonus multiplex (convulsive state, myoclonic type) Chorea, Sydenham’s Chorea, Huntington’s Athetosis, acquired Narcolepsy Paralysis, neuritis, or neuralgia of cranial nerves Paralysis, neuritis, or neuralgia of peripheral nerves Epilepsy, grand mal Epilepsy, petit mal Epilepsy, Jacksonian and focal motor or sensory Epilepsy, diencephalic Epilepsy, psychomotor

Anorexia nervosa Anxiety disorder, not otherwise specified Bipolar disorder Bulimia nervosa Chronic adjustment disorder Conversion disorder Cyclothymic disorder Delirium Delusional disorder Dementia due to head trauma Dementia due to infection (HIV infection, syphilis, or other systemic or intracranial infections) Dementia due to other neurologic or general medical conditions (endocrine disorders, metabolic disorders, Pick’s disease, brain tumors, etc.) or that are substance-induced (drugs, alcohol, poisons) Dementia of the Alzheimer’s type Dementia of unknown etiology Depersonalization disorder Dissociative amnesia; dissociative fugue; dissociative identity disorder (multiple personality disorder) Dysthymic disorder Generalized anxiety disorder Hypochondriasis Major depressive disorder Mood disorder, not otherwise specified Obsessive compulsive disorder Organic mental disorder, other (including personality change due to a general medical condition) Other and unspecified neurosis Pain disorder Panic disorder and/or agoraphobia Posttraumatic stress disorder Psychotic disorder, not otherwise specified (atypical psychosis) Schizoaffective disorder Schizophrenia, catatonic type Schizophrenia, disorganized type Schizophrenia, paranoid type Schizophrenia, residual type; other and unspecified types Schizophrenia, undifferentiated type Somatization disorder Specific (simple) phobia; social phobia Undifferentiated somatoform disorder Vascular dementia

Condyloid process, loss of, one or both sides Coronoid process, loss of Hard palate, loss of Mandible, loss of, complete, between angles Mandible, loss of, including ramus, unilaterally or bilaterally Mandible, malunion of Mandible, nonunion of, confirmed by diagnostic imaging studies Maxilla or mandible, chronic osteomyelitis, osteonecrosis or osteoradionecrosis Maxilla, loss of half or less Maxilla, loss of more than half Maxilla, malunion or nonunion of Neoplasm, hard and soft tissue, benign Neoplasm, hard and soft tissue, malignant Teeth, loss of, due to loss of substance of body of maxilla or mandible without loss of continuity: Temporomandibular disorder (TMD)

Locations On or After August 2, 1990 Bahrain Iraq Kuwait Oman Qatar Saudia Arabia Somalia The United Arab Emirates (UAE) The Airspace above any of these locations Locations On or After September 11, 2001 Afghanistan Djibouti Egypt Jordan Lebanon Syria Uzbekistan Yemen The Airspace above any of these locations These cancers are now presumptive Brain Cancer Gastrointestinal cancer of any type Glioblastoma Head cancer of any type Kidney cancer Lympatic Cancer of any type Lymphoma of any type Melanoma Neck cancer Reproductive cancer of any type Respiratory cancer of any type These illnesses are now presumptive Asthma that was diagnosed after service Chronic bronchitis COPD Chronic rhinitis Chronic sinusitis Constrictive bronchiolitis or obliterative bronchiolitis Emphysema Granulomatous disease Interstitial lung disease Pleeuritis Pulmonary fibrosis Sarcoidosis