Being on land in Vietnam or in Vietnamese waters or consuming Vietnamese water

Soft tissue sarcoma - Being on land in Vietnam or in Vietnamese waters or consuming Vietnamese water Factor

Last reviewed for CCPS 20 August 2008.

Preliminary questions [30615]

2448 the veteran had operational service in Vietnam.

30616 — the veteran has established the causal connection between being on land in Vietnam or at sea in Vietnamese waters or having consumed water from estuarine Vietnamese waters as specified in the SOP for soft tissue sarcoma and operational service for the clinical onset of the veteran's soft tissue sarcoma.

Clinical onset and operational service [30616]

33543

the veteran has been on land in Vietnam or at sea in Vietnamese waters on operational service for a cumulative period of at least 30 days.

8078

the veteran had been on land in Vietnam or at sea in Vietnamese waters for at least 30 days on operational service at least 5 years before the clinical onset of the condition under consideration.

or

33512

the veteran has consumed water from estuarine Vietnamese waters as specified in the SOP for the condition under consideration.

33513

the veteran has consumed water from estuarine Vietnamese waters as specified in the SOP for the condition under consideration, for a cumulative period of at least 30 days.

33514

the veteran had consumed water from estuarine Vietnamese waters as specified in the SOP for the condition under consideration, for a cumulative period of at least 30 days at least five years before the clinical onset of the condition under consideration.

33508

the veteran's operational service made a material contribution to the consumption of water from estuarine Vietnamese waters as specified in the SOP for a cumulative period of at least 30 days at least five years before the clinical onset of the condition under consideration.

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