Agent Orange - Herbicide Exposure
Agent Orange and
Vietnam Veterans
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Agent Orange Helpline
Vietnam Veterans Benefit From Agent
Orange Rules
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Diabetes Mellitus (Type II)
As a presumptive condition for in-country Vietnam
veterans: Fact Sheet and
Questions & Answers.
38 CFR §3.309(e) adds Type 2
diabetes
Agent Orange and Birth Defects
Spina Bifida. The Veterans Benefits Act of
1997 granted benefits for children of Vietnam veterans who were suffering from
spina bifida (38 U.S.C. §1805). Reference:
38
CFR §3.814 Spina Bifida
Q&A's
Benefits for Women
Vietnam Veterans' Children With Birth Defects
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Agent Orange Question & Answers
Agent Orange Q&A's - March
1, 2001
Veterans Health Administration information on:
Current Conditions Considered by VA
Presumptive to AO Exposure:
These are the diseases which VA currently presumes
resulted from exposure to herbicides like Agent Orange. The law requires that
some of these diseases be at least 10% disabling under VA's rating regulations
within a deadline that began to run the day you left Vietnam. If there is a
deadline, it is listed in parentheses after the name of the disease.
If you would like any additional information
regarding the specific medical conditions listed below, please see the
Agent Orange Briefing
Fact Sheets Web Page .
Chloracne or other acneform disease consistent
with chloracne. (Must occur within one year of exposure to Agent
Orange).
Hodgkin's disease.
Multiple
myeloma.
Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
Acute and subacute
peripheral neuropathy. (For purposes of this section, the term acute and
subacute peripheral neuropathy means temporary peripheral neuropathy that
appears within weeks or months of exposure to an herbicide agent and resolves
within two years of the date of onset.)
Porphyria cutanea tarda.
(Must occur within one year of exposure to Agent Orange).
Prostate
cancer.
Respiratory cancers (cancer of the lung, bronchus,
larynx, or trachea).
Soft-tissue sarcoma (other than
osteosarcoma, chondrosarcoma, Kaposi's sarcoma, or
mesothelioma).
Additional Information on Agent Orange
VHA Agent
Orange Homepage Fact Sheet on
Vietnam Veterans Status of the Agent Orange
Settlement Fund
Link to the Foreign Service Program Page
Foreign Services Program
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Reviewed/Updated Date: December 1, 2008 |
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