# Presumptions of Service Connection for Persian Gulf Service
> **US Department of Veterans Affairs** · Final rule. · Published 2010-09-29 · Effective 2010-09-29 · 75 FR 59968
## Document
- **Document number:** 2010-24360
- **Category:** va-other
- **Agency:** US Department of Veterans Affairs
- **Federal Register citation:** 75 FR 59968
- **CFR reference:** 38 CFR 3
- **Publication date:** 2010-09-29
- **Effective date:** 2010-09-29
## Abstract

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) amends its adjudication regulations concerning presumptive service connection for certain diseases. This amendment implements a decision of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs that there is a positive association between service in Southwest Asia during certain periods and the subsequent development of certain infectious diseases in response to an October 16, 2006, report of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), titled "Gulf War and Health Volume 5: Infectious Diseases." The intended effect of this amendment is to establish presumptive service connection for these diseases and to provide guidance regarding long-term health effects associated with these diseases.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2010/09/29/2010-24360/presumptions-of-service-connection-for-persian-gulf-service)
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