VA disability for 3E8X1 Explosive Ordnance Disposal: common conditions and presumptives

VA disability for 3E8X1 Explosive Ordnance Disposal

Air Force AFSC. The job usually meant hazardous noise, blast and overpressure, combat and traumatic stress, burn pits and airborne hazards, and chemicals and solvents.

Conditions veterans in this job claim

Traumatic Brain InjuryDC 8045Frequently claimed
Proximity to EOD detonations and controlled demolitions
PTSDDC 9411Frequently claimed
EOD incidents, booby-trap work, casualty response
TinnitusDC 6260Frequently claimed
Controlled detonations and munitions disposal
Hearing lossDC 6100Also commonly claimed
Cumulative noise exposure across weapons qual, training, and deployments
Lumbosacral/cervical strainDC 5237Also commonly claimed
Body armor, ruck marches, field equipment loads, baseline musculoskeletal risk
Knee, limitation of flexionDC 5260Also commonly claimed
Running, jumping, and kneeling under load across basic training and unit PT
Ankle, limited motionDC 5271Also commonly claimed
Uneven terrain, ruck marches, and obstacle-course training
Foot injuries, otherDC 5284Also commonly claimed
Boots, marching, long days on feet, cumulative across any military role

Rating tables: PTSD, tinnitus, hearing loss, back or neck strain, limited knee flexion, and limited ankle motion.

PACT Act presumptives

Many Airmen in this job deployed to Southwest Asia or the post-9/11 theater. Under the PACT Act, the presumption is based on where and when you served, not on your job title, and holding this job does not by itself mean you have a presumptive condition.

See the full PACT Act burn pit list and locations and the Gulf War Illness page.

Which conditions fit you, how they combine, and what they rate together depends on your full record: every job you held, your bases, ships and aircraft.

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