Fed Regist. 2011 Jul 15;76(136):41696-8.
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) adopts as a final rule the proposal to amend its adjudication regulations regarding presumptive service connection for medically unexplained chronic multisymptom illnesses associated with service in the Southwest Asia theater of operations for which there is no record during service. This amendment implements a decision by the Secretary that there is a positive association between service in Southwest Asia during certain periods and the subsequent development of functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGIDs) and clarifies that FGIDs fall within the scope of the existing presumptions of service connection for medically unexplained chronic multisymptom illnesses.
美国退伍军人事务部(VA)通过一项最终规则,采纳了一项提案,该提案旨在修订其关于推定服役关联的裁决规定,这些规定涉及与在西南亚战区服役相关的、服役期间无记录的医学上无法解释的慢性多症状疾病。此次修订落实了部长的一项决定,即某些时期在西南亚的服役与随后功能性胃肠疾病(FGIDs)的发生之间存在正相关,并明确FGIDs属于现有关于医学上无法解释的慢性多症状疾病的服役关联推定范围。