It notes that VA secretary Eric Shinseki came up with the decision due to the association of B cell leukemias, Parkinson's disease and ischemic heart to herbicide Agent Orange. It also notes that herbicide utilization in Vietnam to defoliate trees in destroying enemies' concealment might affected...
The VA recognizes many of the aforementioned medical conditions as linked with Agent Orange exposure. Vets can receive health care and disability compensation for injuries or health problems related to serving in the military, including Agent Orange exposure. The VA also provides medical care for chil...
However in a conflict only a few years later, the VA didn’t seem to be able to do as they did in WWII. A very important issue that veterans were having as they returned home and they had after a few years were diseases and conditions related to the use of Agent Orange which ...
Two years ago, at theAVVALeadership Conference in Louisville, one hundred people gathered in a town hall setting to talk about the effects of Agent Orange ... J Belshaw 被引量: 0发表: 0年 The promise and pitfalls of generalism in achieving the Alma-Ata vision of health for all It is ...
“When it comes to Agent Orange, the facts don’t always matter,” said Sampsel, a Vietnam veteran who also handles Gulf War-related illness questions. “So we have to deal with the law as written.” Part of Sampsel’s job is to review evidence to determine whether a veteran or gro...
that some diseases associated with Agent Orange and other herbicides (including non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, soft tissue sarcomas and chloracne) be treated as the result of wartime service. This helped codify the VA’s response to veterans with conditions related to their exposure to Agent Orange. ...
But according to VA data, the decision to add the conditions could add nearly 191,000 veterans to the disability benefits rolls in the first year and as many as 2.1 million veterans or survivors over five years. The Agent Orange Act of 1991 required the VA secretary to grant presumptions ...
Some pencil-neck in the VA came up with an idea to save some money by cutting off Agent Orange related VA benefits to naval personnel, again because they were allegedly not exposed, because they were at sea and not on the ground.
VA expired in 2015 under the sunset clause of the Agent Orange Act of 1991. Through this process, the list of 'presumptive' conditions has grown since 1991, and currently the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has listed prostate cancer, respiratory cancers, multiple myeloma, type II ...
Could these conditions be a result of my exposure to Agent Orange? My family physician, having read a lot of medical research pertaining to Agent Orange, believes there is a distinct possibility these are related to my tour in Vietnam. 25 Auth ⚠ It's appropriate time to make some plans...