Not on the Presumptive List? 
How to Connect It Anyway

Is your condition missing from VA’s presumptive lists? You can still get service connection. A presumptive list is a shortcut, not the only way. Without it, you show the link yourself, usually with your service records and a doctor’s opinion that your condition is “at least as likely as not” caused by your service.

 

This page explains:

• how to check every list first, since your condition may be on one you haven’t looked at

• other ways to connect your condition, like direct, secondary, aggravation and a radiation dose review

• the 3 things every claim needs

• how to get a strong medical opinion and use medical research

• when VA must give you an exam for toxic exposure under the PACT Act

• what to do if VA says no

• real-world examples by exposure, and links to official VA sources and the law

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Download the free Not on the List? Direct Claim Kit. It has a check of every presumptive list, a worksheet to choose your path, an evidence tracker, a doctor’s opinion request, a PACT Act exam request, and statement pages that link to our Statement Writer.