David West, Veterans Services Officer: VA Adds Presumptive Health Conditions Due to Exposure for Two Generations
On January 1, 2021 the Veterans Administration (VA) added bladder cancer, Parkinsonism or Parkinson’s like symptoms, and Hypothyroidism to the presumptive medical condition list due to Agent Orange exposure while serving in Vietnam.
Agent Orange was a tactical herbicide that the United States Military used to spray on the foliage and near the canals in an attempt to provide a military advantage for the US military and was easily identified by the orange stripe painted around the container. The VA has identified a total of 20 diseases that it will now “presume” are a result of the veteran’s exposure to Agent Orange while serving in Vietnam.
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