Prisoners of War
Prisoners of War (POWs) get the conditions on the following VA Presumptive List regardless of how long they were on active service. The 90-day rule does not apply. The only factor that determines qualification is the length of time imprisoned. For some conditions, the vet must have been a POW for at least 30 days. For the rest of the conditions, the vet simply must have been a POW for any length of time.
The following conditions qualify once they manifest to at least 10% at any time after discharge.
Any length of imprisonment:
- Any Psychotic Disorder
- Any Anxiety Disorder
- Chronic depression, code 9433
- Residuals of frostbite, code 7122 (must have been imprisoned in a cold enough place)
- Degenerative arthritis caused by trauma, code 5003
- Atherosclerotic heart disease, code 7005
- Hypertensive heart disease, code 7007
- Stroke, codes 8007, 8008, or 8009
- Osteoporosis, code 5013 (must be after October 10, 2008, and the vet must have diagnosed PTSD.)
Imprisonment of 30 days or more:
- Avitaminosis, code 6313
- Beriberi, code 6314
- Chronic dysentery, code 7322
- Helminthiasis, code 6320
- Pellagra, code 6315
- Any other Nutritional Deficiency
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome, code 7319
- Peptic Ulcer Disease, codes 7304 or 7305
- Peripheral neuropathy (unless caused by infection not related to service)
- Cirrhosis of the liver, code 7312
- Osteoporosis, code 5013 (must be after September 28, 2009. No PTSD requirement here, though.)
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