VA Secretary Seeks Fast Track For New Agent Orange Claims

[hbharrison]

I will keep looking to Rocky as my claim is in the works to

[Zebra29er]

This also includes outside of Vietnam exposure also now.

http://www.2ndbattalion94thartillery...as/guambva.htm

AGENT ORANGE ASSOCIATED DISORDERS APPROVED BVA DECISIONS OUTSIDE OF VIETNAM

IN ORDER BELOW OF:

GUAM - DIABETES TYPE II
Thailand - malignant lymphoma
Okinawa - PROSTATE CANCER

Democrat Senator B.J. (D) Cruz is requesting a congressional investigation into the use of Agent Orange on Guam. The candidate for lieutenant governor is basing his inquiry on a United States Court of Appeals for veterans claims ruling that acknowledged claims of Agent Orange exposure from an air force veteran while stationed at Andersen Air Force Base in the mid-1960's.

According to Senator Cruz this is the first acknowledgement by a federal agency that Agent Orange was used on Guam.

Now they, (our government) have known about the use and storage for drop ship to Vietnam on Guam for decades. Many Veterans have sent in photos of Agent Orange and White on Guam.

Only the United States Government can spend millions of dollars cleaning up the toxic chemical mess on Guam and then deny the existence of the toxic chemicals even being there. Pacific Dailey News had many articles on this subject.

[Zebra29er]

From the VA's web site,

http://www.vba.va.gov/bln/21/Benefit...cide/AOno3.htm

What If I Was Exposed to an Herbicide Outside Vietnam?

Herbicides were used by the U.S. military to defoliate military facilities in the U.S. and in other countries as far back as the 1950s. This page contains information from the Department of Defense (DoD) on projects to test, dispose of, or store herbicides in the U.S. Even if you did not serve in Vietnam, you can still apply for service-connected benefits if you were exposed to an herbicide while in the military which you believe caused your disease or injury. If you have a disease which is on the list of diseases which VA recognizes as being associated with Agent Orange, the VA requires:

1. a medical diagnosis of a disease which VA recognizes as being associated with Agent Orange (listed below),
2. competent evidence of exposure to a chemical contained in one of the herbicides used in Vietnam (2,4-D; 2,4,5-T and its contaminant TCDD; cacodylic acid; or picloram), and
3. competent medical evidence that the disease began within the deadline for that disease (if any).

If you have a disease which is not on the list of diseases which VA recognizes as being associated with Agent Orange, VA requires:

1. competent medical evidence of a current disability;
2. competent evidence of exposure to an herbicide during military service; and
3. competent medical evidence of a nexus (causal relationship) between the herbicide exposure and the current disability.