03-03-2022, 03:58 AM
You may be eligible for disability benefits if you served in Afghanistan, you didn’t receive a dishonorable discharge, and your chronic illness or other condition meets the requirements listed below.
All of these must be true. Your chronic illness or other condition:
Started while you were on active duty or after September 19, 2001, and
Caused you to be ill for at least 6 months, and
Qualified you for a disability rating of 10% or more, and
Was caused only by your service in Afghanistan
And you must also have a diagnosis of one or more of these conditions:
Brucellosis
Campylobacter jejuni
Coxiella burnetii (Q fever)
Malaria*
Mycobacterium tuberculosis*
Nontyphoid Salmonella
Shigella
Visceral leishmaniasis*
West Nile Virus
*Indicates that there are exceptions to how we decide if these illnesses qualify you for benefits and these conditions may be covered even after a year has passed.
All of these must be true. Your chronic illness or other condition:
Started while you were on active duty or after September 19, 2001, and
Caused you to be ill for at least 6 months, and
Qualified you for a disability rating of 10% or more, and
Was caused only by your service in Afghanistan
And you must also have a diagnosis of one or more of these conditions:
Brucellosis
Campylobacter jejuni
Coxiella burnetii (Q fever)
Malaria*
Mycobacterium tuberculosis*
Nontyphoid Salmonella
Shigella
Visceral leishmaniasis*
West Nile Virus
*Indicates that there are exceptions to how we decide if these illnesses qualify you for benefits and these conditions may be covered even after a year has passed.