Agent Orange-Related Cancer Merits Disability FundsByline: John Fales DEAR SGT. SHAFT: I understand that there is a 100 percent disability...Fales, John
来自 EBSCO 喜欢 0 阅读量: 14 摘要: Lists the added diseases linked with Agent Orange, a defoliant used in Vietnam, that can receive disability benefits. Respiratory cancers of the lung, larynx, and trachea; Bone marrow cancer; Reaction of Veterans Affair Secretary Jesse Brown. 年份: 1993 ...
For example, many of the estimated 2.6 million military personnel who served in the Vietnam War are at risk for developing Agent Orange-induced lung cancer. RIVERAING WINS COMPUTER-AIDED DETECTION CONTRACT Besides in-depth operations manuals, a consultant from the developing agent is assigned to ...
In the US, subsequent to the Agent Orange Act of 1991, any veteran who served however briefly in Vietnam and is suffering from any of the above-listed National Academy of Science AO-associated diseases with at least 10% disability are entitled to compensation from the Department for Veteran ...
Agent Orange is one of several herbicidal (plant-killing) preparations that was used by the U.S. military to destroy forests and enemy crops in Vietnam in the 1960s. Agent Orange was created by mixing equal quantities of two agricultural herbicides commonly used to kill weeds: 2,4-D and ...
In June 2015 the Secretary of Veterans Affairs issued an Interim final rule providing presumptive service connection for post-Vietnam C-123 aircrews, maintenance staff and aeromedical evacuation crews. VA now provides medical care and disability compensation for the recognized list of Agent Orange illn...
Wilborn, ThomDav Magazine
List of diseases linked to Agent Orange expandedLists the added diseases linked with Agent Orange, a defoliant used in Vietnam, that can receive disability benefits. Respiratory cancers of the lung, larynx, and ...
Fred Kaplan, Globe Staff
Veterans Win Ruling on Agent Orange;Judge Finds Standard of Proof for Disability Claims Too StrictBill McAllister