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Exposure to Agent Orange at bases, some vets face cancer with VA help
The VA considers prostate cancer a "presumptive condition" for Agent Orange disability compensation ... The designation ...
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VA Must Pay Retroactive Benefits to Blue Water Vietnam Vets
Used ubiquitously by the U.S. military to clear forested areas in Vietnam, the toxic contaminant dioxin in Agent Orange has been linked to a slew of health problems, including leukemia, lymphoma, ...
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Vets exposed to Agent Orange at Fort Ord denied VA compensation
The VA considers prostate cancer a “presumptive condition” for Agent Orange disability compensation ... The designation expedites affected veterans’ claims. But when Osborn requested ...
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VA’s Latest Toxic Exposure Moves Show Progress, But Point to Need for Major Changes
The VA’s recent move easing the path for some Gulf War and Post-9/11 veterans battling certain types of cancers to receive ...
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Navy veterans with Agent Orange stories push VA for benefits
He died at 57 of cancer only a few years after retiring from the service. Years later, the Department of Veterans Affairs would acknowledge his cancer could have been caused by Agent Orange.
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Vietnam Vets Take Fight for Agent Orange Benefits to Court
Kinnaird’s clients sued the government in 1986 for denying claims ... Orange has been tied to a slew of health problems, including leukemia, lymphoma, throat cancer and many other diseases. In 1991, ...