Re: FYI agent orange
Most of the vets with those conditions never get compensation because
there're dead by the time the va gets around to considering their claim. That's a real good catch 22, good for the va anyway. -- If you get what you want, what's to stop you from asking for more? "riverchief" <riverchief@earthlink.net> wrote in message news:kDs4b.11425$Om1.4234@newsread2.news.atl.earth link.net... > > the following health conditions are presuumptively recognized for service > connection, > Vienam veterans with one or more of these conditions DO NOT have to showthat > their illness(es) are related to their military service to get disability > compensation. VA presumes that their condition IS service-connected. These > include: > chloracne ( must occur with one yr of exposure) > non-hodgkins's lymphoma > soft tissue sarcoma > hodgkin's disease > porphyria cutanea tarda (must occur within one yr of exposure) > multiple myeloma > respiratory cancers including cancers of the lung, larynx, trachea, and > bronchus > prostrate cancer > acute and subacute transient peripheral neuropathy ( must occur with one yr) > type II diabetes > > and just added > > chronic lymphocytic leukemia > > anyone wanting a fuller explanation of the above can call me or email me > > source:vol 19 no.2 july 2003 of the agent orange review > > da riverChief > > |
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