For more information on time limits for manifestation of diseases Reference: subject to presumptive SC, see . g. Determining Under , the is the last date on which the last date of herbicide exposure the Last Date of Veteran served in the RVN during the Vietnam Era. Herbicide Exposure If entitlement to presumptive SC based on herbicide exposure does not exist, h. Considering Direct SC consider entitlement to SC on a direct, facts-found basis. When Entitlement to Under , the presumptive provisions of the statute and VA regulations Presumption implementing them are intended as liberalizations that allow for another basis Does Not Exist of SC. Therefore, these provisions do preclude direct SC, where not appropriate. The table below shows the dates on which the diseases listed in became i. Date Disabilities subject to presumptive SC. Became Subject to Presumptive SC Under 38 CFR 3.309(e) Disability Effective Date February 6, 1991 Chloracne or other acne-form disease consistent with chloracne, and Originally, September 25, Note: soft-tissue sarcoma, other than 1985, under 38 CFR 3.311a. osteosarcoma chondrosarcoma sarcoma, or Kaposi’s mesothelioma Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL) February 6, 1991 Originally, August 5, 1964, Note: under 38 CFR 3.313. February 3, 1994 Porphyria cutanea tarda, and disease Hodgkin’s June 9, 1994 Respiratory cancers of the lung bronchus larynx, or trachea, and multiple myeloma November 7, 1996 Prostate cancer, and acute and subacute PN Type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) May 8, 2001
Reference: For more information on time limits for manifestation of diseases subject to presumptive SC, see . g. Determining the Last Date of Herbicide Exposure Under , the last date of herbicide exposure is the last date on which the Veteran served in the RVN during the Vietnam Era. h. Considering Direct SC When Entitlement to Presumption Does Not Exist If entitlement to presumptive SC based on herbicide exposure does not exist, consider entitlement to SC on a direct, facts-found basis. Under , the presumptive provisions of the statute and VA regulations implementing them are intended as liberalizations that allow for another basis of SC. Therefore, these provisions do not preclude direct SC, where appropriate. i. Date Disabilities Became Subject to Presumptive SC Under 38 CFR 3.309(e) The table below shows the dates on which the diseases listed in became subject to presumptive SC. Disability Effective Date Chloracne or other acne-form disease consistent with chloracne, and soft-tissue sarcoma, other than osteosarcoma chondrosarcoma Kaposi’s sarcoma, or mesothelioma February 6, 1991 Note: Originally, September 25, 1985, under 38 CFR 3.311a. Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL) February 6, 1991 Note: Originally, August 5, 1964, under 38 CFR 3.313. Porphyria cutanea tarda, and Hodgkin’s disease February 3, 1994 Respiratory cancers of the lung bronchus larynx, or trachea, and multiple myeloma June 9, 1994 Prostate cancer, and acute and subacute PN November 7, 1996 Type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) May 8, 2001