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Vietnam Veterans of America will mark Agent Orange Awareness Day
Vietnam Veterans of America Today, Vietnam Veterans of America will mark Agent Orange Awareness Day in an event that will be a part of the Opening Ceremony of its National Leadership and Education Conference in Greenville, S.C. “For close to 40 years, VVA has advocated for veterans who have been living with chronic illnesses because…
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VA Will Reexamine Agent Orange Claims It Previously Denied
The Department of Veterans Affairs will reexamine compensation claims from veterans exposed to Agent Orange while serving in the waters off Vietnam during the Vietnam War. All claims that were previously denied will be automatically reviewed to determine whether affected veterans are now eligible to receive compensation benefits as a result of their exposure to the herbicide.…
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VA to re-adjudicate some Veteran and survivor claims
VA will re-adjudicate claims for Veterans who served in the offshore waters of the Republic of Vietnam during the Vietnam War. This review is part of the Veterans Benefits Administration’s (VBA) implementation of the November 5, 2020, U.S. District Court of the Northern District of California decision to re-adjudicate previously denied claims as applied in Nehmer…
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Harder, Veterans Groups Launch Final Effort to Secure Support for Vietnam Veterans Left Behind by VA
WASHINGTON – This week, Representative Josh Harder (CA-10) and the largest veterans groups in the United States announced a final effort to secure coverage for Vietnam Veterans exposed to Agent Orange but who are unable to access support from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Legislation based on a bill Rep. Harder introduced was included in…
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First-Ever Agent Orange Awareness Day
Today is our first-ever Agent Orange Awareness Day. August 10, 1961 is thought to be the first day that the herbicide, known as Agent Orange, was sprayed in Vietnam. Operation Ranch Hand – involving the widespread use of the defoliant – began five months later. The Vietnam War may be over, but the battle continues…
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VA would be forced to add three illnesses to Agent Orange presumptive list under Senate-passed plan
Photo: Vietnamese and American troops conduct a combined patrol in the Mekong Delta on on April 8, 1967. (Horst Faas/AP) Senate lawmakers voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to force the Department of Veterans Affairs to add three serious illnesses — bladder cancer, hypothyroidism and Parkinson’s-like symptoms — to the list of conditions presumed linked to chemical defoliant exposure in Vietnam. The…
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Lawmakers try to expand list of diseases eligible for Agent Orange benefits
https://www.wearethemighty.com/news/expand-agent-orange-disease-benefits?rebelltitem=1#rebelltitem1 (VVA Facebook Page) On Tuesday, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Vietnam Veterans of America, Military Officers Association of America and 27 other groups wrote House and Senate leaders urging them to get behind the provisions. A U.S. Huey helicopter sprays Agent Orange over Vietnam. The U.S. military used at least 11 million gallons of…
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Schumer: Expand list of Agent Orange illnesses covered for Vietnam vets
Sen. Chuck Schumer announced a plan Tuesday to expand the list of covered diseases linked to the toxic herbicide Agent Orange for Vietnam War veterans, saying it had “broad bipartisan support,” and could become law in a few weeks as part of a military spending bill. “We’re about to win this fight,” Schumer (D-N.Y.) said during a news conference at…
