Claims based on the effects of tobacco products. Final rule.
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.
D004608:Eligibility Determination / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D014029:Tobacco Use Disorder / Q000401:mortality; D014481:United States; D014493:United States Department of Veterans Affairs; D014728:Veterans; D014729:Veterans Disability Claims / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*