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(B) any period of continuous service performed by him after December 31, 1946, and before July 26, 1947, if such period began before January 1, 1947. (3) The term "chronic disease" includes— Anemia, primary Arteriosclerosis Arthritis Atrophy, progressive muscular Brain hemorrhage Brain thrombosis Bronchiectasis Calculi of the kidney, bladder, or gallbladder Cardiovascular-renal disease, including hypertension Cirrhosis of the liver Coccidioidomycosis Diabetes mellitus Encephalitis lethargica residuals Endocarditis Endocrinopathies Epilepsies Hodgkin's disease Leprosy Leukemia Myasthenia gravis Myelitis Myocarditis Nephritis Other organic diseases of the nervous system Osteitis deformans (Paget's disease) Osteomalacia Palsy, bulbar Paralysis agitans Psychoses Purpura idiopathic, hemorrhagic Raynaud's disease Sarcoidosis Scleroderma Sclerosis, amyotrophic lateral Sclerosis, multiple Syringomyelia Thromboangiitis obliterans (Buerger's disease) Tuberculosis, active Tumors, malignant, or of the brain or spinal cord or peripheral nerves Ulcers, peptic (gastric or duodenal) and such other chronic diseases as the Administrator may add to this list; (4) The term "tropical disease" includes— Amebiasis Blackwater fever Cholera Dracontiasis Dysentery Filiariasis Leishmaniasis, including kala-azar Leprosy Loiasis Malaria Onchocerciasis
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