PRESUMPTIONS OF SERVICE-CONNECTION RELATING TO DISEASES AND DISABILITIES OF FORMER PRISONERS OF WAR.

SEC. 201. PRESUMPTIONS OF SERVICE-CONNECTION RELATING TO DISEASES AND DISABILITIES OF FORMER PRISONERS OF WAR. Subsection (b) of section 1112 is amended to read as follows: “(b)(1) For the purposes of section 1110 of this title and subject to the provisions of section 1113 of this title, in the case of a veteran who is a former prisoner of war—“(A) a disease specified in paragraph (2) which became manifest to a degree of 10 percent or more after active military, naval, or air service shall be considered to have been incurred in or aggravated by such service, notwithstanding that there is no record of such disease during the period of service; and“(B) if the veteran was detained or interned as a prisoner of war for not less than thirty days, a disease specified in paragraph (3) which became manifest to a degree of 10 percent or more after active military, naval, or air service shall be 117 STAT. 2657 considered to have been incurred in or aggravated by such service, notwithstanding that there is no record of such disease during the period of service.“(2) The diseases specified in this paragraph are the following:“(A) Psychosis.“(B) Any of the anxiety states.“(C) Dysthymic disorder (or depressive neurosis).“(D) Organic residuals of frostbite, if the Secretary determines that the veteran was detained or interned in climatic conditions consistent with the occurrence of frostbite.“(E) Post-traumatic osteoarthritis.“(3) The diseases specified in this paragraph are the following:“(A) Avitaminosis.“(B) Beriberi (including beriberi heart disease).“(C) Chronic dysentery.“(D) Helminthiasis.“(E) Malnutrition (including optic atrophy associated with malnutrition).“(F) Pellagra.“(G) Any other nutritional deficiency.“(H) Cirrhosis of the liver.“(I) Peripheral neuropathy except where directly related to infectious causes.“(J) Irritable bowel syndrome.“(K) Peptic ulcer disease.”.