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VA RIN: 2900-AS27 Publication ID: Spring 2025 
Title: Presumptive Service Connection for Leukemias, Multiple Myelomas, Myelodysplastic Syndromes, and Myelofibrosis Due to Exposure to Fine Particulate Matter 
Abstract:

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is issuing this Final Rule to add 38 CFR 3.320b to establish presumptive service connection for Leukemias and Multiple myelomas due to exposure to the particulate matter (PM 2.5). These presumptions will apply to veterans who served on active military Naval, Air or Space service in the Southwest Asia theater of operations and Somalia during the Persian Gulf War on or after August 2, 1990, and Afghanistan, Syria, Djibouti, Uzbekistan, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon and Yemen during the Gulf War on or after September 11, 2001.

 
Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs(VA)  Priority: Economically Significant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage 
Major: Yes  Unfunded Mandates: No 
EO 14192 Designation: Other 
CFR Citation: 38 CFR 3.320b   
Legal Authority: 38 U.S.C. 501    38 U.S.C. 1119 to 1120    38 U.S.C. 1171 to 1171    Pub. L. 117-168   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
Interim Final Rule  01/10/2025  90 FR 1894   
Interim Final Rule Effective  01/10/2025 
Interim Final Rule Comment Period End  03/11/2025 
Final Action  02/00/2026 
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Small Entities Affected: No  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Jadine Piper
Department of Veterans Affairs
1800 G Street NW,
Washington, DC 20006
Phone:202 461-9700
Email: jadine.piper@va.gov