VA disability for HM Hospital Corpsman: common conditions and presumptives

VA disability for HM Hospital Corpsman

Navy rating. The job usually meant hazardous noise, blast and overpressure, combat and traumatic stress, heavy loads and impact, burn pits and airborne hazards, and bloodborne pathogens and clinical hazards.

Conditions veterans in this job claim

PTSDDC 9411Frequently claimed
Combat casualty care with Marines (FMF), trauma exposure
TinnitusDC 6260Frequently claimed
Attached to Marine infantry units, combat fire
Lumbosacral/cervical strainDC 5237Frequently claimed
Patient carries, medical bag plus combat load
Knee, limitation of flexionDC 5260Frequently claimed
Running to casualties, kneeling to treat
Major depressive disorderDC 9434Frequently claimed
Treating fatal injuries, moral injury, death exposure
Hearing lossDC 6100Also commonly claimed
Combat exposure when attached to ground units
Ankle, limited motionDC 5271Also commonly claimed
Uneven terrain, ruck marches, and obstacle-course training throughout service
Foot injuries, otherDC 5284Also commonly claimed
Boots, marching, long days on feet, cumulative across any military role
Eczema/dermatitisDC 7806Sometimes claimed
Latex, cleaning chemicals, field sanitation

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

PACT Act presumptives

Many Sailors 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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