For some conditions and certain disabilities, the VA automatically presumes military service is to blame and grants benefits without a fight. Als, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, is one of them. IBM isn't on that list. Not yet. There's been a little bit of a misnomer out there that I can just simply wave a pen and say [IBM] is presumptive. VA Secretary Doug Collins explains there's a process. A panel of scientists is now examining the link between IBM and military service, with results expected by late summer of next year, if not sooner. (02:11–02:13)
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Asserts that there is a misconception about the VA Secretary's ability to unilaterally declare IBM as a presumptive condition.
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