A veteran can apply for disability for long-term side effects from any vaccine, including anthrax. To obtain disability, the veteran must prove that the symptoms result from anthrax vaccination and not other pre-existing conditions or other exposures. However, there currently is no proven link between anthrax and specific long-term symptoms. This means that a veteran can file a claim, but the veteran may go through a long, complicated, expensive, and unfruitful process to obtain disability benefits for anthrax vaccination.