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Agent Orange Exposure: Diseases Recognized by VA
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I found the following information on the VA website and thought I'd share it.
Diabetes Mellitus (Type II) : As a presumptive condition for in-country Vietnam veterans:
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
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.
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).
I found the following information on the VA website and thought I'd share it.
Diabetes Mellitus (Type II) : As a presumptive condition for in-country Vietnam veterans:
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
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.
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).
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