Prisoners of War
Prisoners of War (POWs) get the conditions on the following VA Presumptive List regardless of how long they were on active service. The 90-day rule does not apply. The only factor that determines qualification is the length of time imprisoned. For some conditions, the vet must have been a POW for at least 30 days. For the rest of the conditions, the vet simply must have been a POW for any length of time.
The following conditions qualify once they manifest to at least 10% at any time after discharge.
Any length of imprisonment:
- Anyย Psychotic Disorder
- Anyย Anxiety Disorder
- Chronicย depression, codeย 9433
- Residuals of frostbite, codeย 7122ย (must have been imprisoned in a cold enough place)
- Degenerative arthritis caused by trauma, codeย 5003
- Atherosclerotic heart disease, codeย 7005
- Hypertensive heart disease, codeย 7007
- Stroke, codesย 8007,ย 8008, orย 8009
- Osteoporosis, codeย 5013ย (must be after October 10, 2008, and the vet must have diagnosedย PTSD.)
Imprisonment of 30 days or more:
- Avitaminosis, codeย 6313
- Beriberi, codeย 6314
- Chronicย dysentery, codeย 7322
- Helminthiasis, codeย 6320
- Pellagra, codeย 6315
- Any otherย Nutritional Deficiency
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome, codeย 7319
- Peptic Ulcer Disease, codesย 7304ย orย 7305
- Peripheral neuropathyย (unless caused by infection not related to service)
- Cirrhosisย of the liver, codeย 7312
- Osteoporosis, codeย 5013ย (must be after September 28, 2009. No PTSD requirement here, though.)
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