title: Presumptive service connection for disease associated with exposure to certain herbicide agents: AL amyloidosis. Final rule.
abstract: This document amends the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) adjudication regulations concerning presumptive service connection for a certain disease based on the most recent National Academy of Sciences (NAS) Institute of Medicine committee report, "Veterans and Agent Orange: Update 2006" (Update 2006). This amendment is necessary to implement a decision of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs that there is a positive association between exposure to herbicides used in the Republic of Vietnam during the Vietnam era and the subsequent development of AL amyloidosis. The intended effect of this amendment is to establish presumptive service connection for AL amyloidosis based on herbicide exposure.
mesh_terms: D015085:2,4,5-Trichlorophenoxyacetic Acid / Q000009:adverse effects*; D015084:2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid / Q000009:adverse effects*; D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000139:chemically induced*; D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006540:Herbicides / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008889:Military Personnel; D000072317:Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014481:United States; D014728:Veterans / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014729:Veterans Disability Claims / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D047829:Vietnam Conflict
chemical_list: D006540:Herbicides; D000072317:Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins; D015084:2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid; D015085:2,4,5-Trichlorophenoxyacetic Acid