M21-1 Manual / Part XIII, Subpart i, Chapter 3, Section E
Medical Treatment for Veterans Showing a Positive Tuberculin Reaction
M21-1, Part XIII, Subpart i, Chapter 3, Section E
Overview
In This Section | | This section contains the topic, "Medical Treatment for Veterans Showing a Positive Tuberculin Reaction." |
1. Medical Treatment for Veterans Showing a Positive Tuberculin Reaction
Introduction | | This topic contains information on medical treatment for Veterans showing a positive tuberculin reaction, including - chemotherapy program adopted by the service departments
- policy on chemotherapy treatments
- chemotherapy for discharged personnel, and
- processing VA Form 10-7131, Exchange of Beneficiary Information and Request for Administrative and Adjudicative Action, for discharged personnel testing positive for tuberculosis.
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Change Date | | April 12, 2007 |
XIII.i.3.E.1.a. Chemotherapy Program Adopted by the Service Departments | | Individuals who receive tuberculin tests sometimes show a change from negative to positive without any other evidence of a tuberculosis infection. The military service departments have adopted a program of chemotherapy for personnel who had a negative tuberculin test on entrance into service, but who were found to have converted to positive during service. |
XIII.i.3.E.1.b. Policy on Chemotherapy Treatments | | Chemotherapy prescribed for personnel testing positive for tuberculin reaction is to be continued over a 12-month period to reduce the possibility of subsequently acquiring tuberculosis. Important: A positive tuberculin reaction without any other evidence of a tuberculosis infection is not a disease or disability and is not a reason for discharge from service. |
XIII.i.3.E.1.c. Chemotherapy for Discharged Personnel | | At the request of the military service departments, Department of Veteran Affairs medical facilities provide continued chemotherapy for the remainder of the 12-month period to discharged personnel who tested positive for tuberculosis during service. After treatment, the medical facility forwards VA Form 10-7131, Exchange of Beneficiary Information and Request for Administrative and Adjudicative Action, to the regional office with the following legend: Medical care being authorized for positive reaction to tuberculin test on basis of prima facie evidence of eligibility. |
XIII.i.3.E.1.d. Processing VA Form 10-7131 for Discharged Personnel Testing Positive for Tuberculosis | | Follow the steps in the table below when you receive VA Form 10-7131is received for discharged personnel testing positive for tuberculosis. | Step | Action |
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| 1 | Interpret VA Form 10-7131to mean there is no disease or disability present. | | 2 | Associate VA Form 10-7131with the claims folder without any control. Notes: - A final report of examination is submitted at the end of the 12-month treatment period.
- When completing any VA Form 10-7131, subsequently received in which Service-Connected is checked in Part I, do not make any reference to service connection for a positive tuberculin reaction.
Reference: For more information on compensation claims based on a positive tuberculin reaction, see M21-1, Part VIII, Subpart iii, 2.A. |
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Source: VA M21-1 Adjudication Procedures Manual, M21-1, Part XIII, Subpart i, Chapter 3, Section E (U.S. government work, reproduced for reference). Browse all sections →