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ARMED FORCES NEWS |
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The Department of Veterans Affairs has ruled that recent combat veterans may be provided hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care for a two-year period beginning on the date of the veteran's discharge. This includes National Guard and Reserve members who were activated by a federal declaration, served the full period for which called up and were released under other than dishonorable conditions. The VA authorized such care "notwithstanding that there is insufficient medical evidence to conclude that their illness is attributable to their military service." Such veterans may be enrolled as priority category 6, and will not be subject to co-payments. Exclusions: congenital or developmental conditions, such as scoliosis; conditions which are known to have existed before military service; and conditions that began after military combat service, such as bone fractures occurring after separation from military service, common colds, and others |
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