Specific Injuries and Illnesses That Qualify for Service-Connected Disability

Hearing loss and tinnitus are common among veterans. Here's how the VA tests and rates vision and hearing loss caused by service.

Thousands of service members returning home from Iraq and Afghanistan suffer from traumatic brain injury (TBI). So many, in fact, that TBI is called the “signature injury” of these wars.

Many veterans, male and female, have experienced sexual trauma while serving in military and/or civilian capacities.

Like all veterans, Gulf War veterans are eligible for disability compensation for service-connected disabilities that first occurred or were worsened during military service.

Vietnam vets can get disability compensation for some diseases many years after exposure to Agent Orange.

VA disability benefits are available for numerous conditions that affects breathing, including chronic bronchitis and bronchiolitis.

Veterans with service-connected heart and cardiovascular conditions may be able to get a VA disability rating.

Veterans with serious skin conditions from exposure to dangerous chemicals while serving can receive disability compensation.

Veterans struggling with depression may be able to get a VA disability rating based on how severe the symptoms are.

If you have PTSD that was caused or got worse by your time in service, you can get a VA disability rating.

Proper medical documentation is the basis of a successful Social Security disability claim for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

Documenting your PTSD properly is key to winning a claim for veterans disability compensation.

If you have PTSD that was caused or got worse by your time in service, you can get a VA disability rating.