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VA RIN: 2900-AN24 Publication ID: Fall 2010 
Title: Presumptions of Service Connection for Persian Gulf War Service 
Abstract: The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is amending its adjudication regulations concerning presumptive service connection for certain diseases. This amendment is necessary to implement a decision of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs that there is a positive association between service in Southwest Asia during the Persian Gulf War and the subsequent development of certain 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. 
Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs(VA)  Priority: Other Significant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Actions 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 38 CFR 3.317   
Legal Authority: 38 USC 501(a)    38 USC 1118b   
Legal Deadline:
Action Source Description Date
NPRM  Statutory  210 days pursuant to 38 USC 1117 and 1118  05/14/2007 

Overall Description of Deadline: Pursuant to 38 U.S.C. 1117 and 1118, Department of Veterans Affairs has 210 days to publish regulations for new presumptions of service connection as responses to National Academies Reports on the Gulf War.

Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  03/18/2010  75 FR 13051   
NPRM Comment Period End  05/17/2010    
Final Action  09/29/2010  75 FR 59968   
Final Action Effective  09/29/2010    
Final Rule Correction  10/05/2010  75 FR 61356   
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
Public Comment URL: www.regulations.gov  
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Thomas Kniffen
Compensation Service (211D)
Department of Veterans Affairs
Veterans Benefits Administration, 810 Vermont Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20420
Phone:202 461-9725
Fax:202 275-1728
Email: thomas.kniffen@va.gov