# Claims Based on the Effects of Tobacco Products
> **US Department of Veterans Affairs** · Final rule. · Published 2001-04-06 · Effective 1998-06-10 · 66 FR 18195
## Document
- **Document number:** 01-8490
- **Category:** va-benefits
- **Agency:** US Department of Veterans Affairs
- **Federal Register citation:** 66 FR 18195
- **CFR reference:** 38 CFR 3
- **Publication date:** 2001-04-06
- **Effective date:** 1998-06-10
## Abstract

This document amends the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) adjudication regulations governing determinations of whether disability or death is service-connected. These changes are necessary to implement a statutory amendment providing that a disability or death will not be service-connected on the basis that it resulted from injury or disease attributable to a veteran's use of tobacco products during service.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2001/04/06/01-8490/claims-based-on-the-effects-of-tobacco-products)
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