The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has added Parkinson’s disease and ischemic heart disease to the list of “presumptive illnesses” related to Agent Orange exposure. In addition, VA expanded the presumption for chronic lymphocytic leukemia to include all chronic B-cell leukemias, such as hairy cell leukemia. These conditions are presumed to be service-connected to herbicide exposure in Vietnam.
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Vietnam Veterans with these illnesses are able to claim VA disability benefits and health care services without having to prove that their conditions are connected to Agent Orange exposure. The new policy, took effect in late 2010, and applies to Veterans who served in Vietnam anytime during the period beginning January 9, 1962, and ending on May 7, 1975. It does not apply to Veterans who only served on “Blue Water” Navy ships in the region.
The VA already presumes that the following conditions are Agent Orange related:
Adult Fibrosarcoma
AL Amyloidosis (also known as Primary Amyloidiosis)
Alveolar Soft Part Sarcoma
Angiosarcoma
B-cell Leukemias
Birth Defects
Cancer of the Brochus
Cancer of the Larynx
Cancer of the Lung
Cancer of the Prostate
Cancer of the Trachea
Chloracne
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
Clear Cell Sarcoma of Aponeuroses
Clear Cell Sarcoma of Tendons
Congenital Fibrosarcoma
Dermatofibrosarcoma
Ectomesenchymoma
Epithelioid Malignant Leiomyosarcoma
Epithelioid Maligent Schwannoma
Epithelioid Sarcoma
Extraskeletal Ewing’s Sarcoma
Hairy-cell Leukeima
Hemangiosarcoma
Hodgkin’s Disease
Infantile Fibrosarcoma
Ischemic Heart Disease
Leiomyosarcoma
Liposarcoma
Lymphangiosarcoma
Lymphoma
Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma
Malignant Giant Cell Tumor of the Tendon Sheath
Malignant Glandular Schwannoma
Malignant Glomus Tumor
Malignant Hemangiopericytoma
Malignant Mesenchymoma
Malignant Schwannoma with Rhabdomyoblastic
Multiple Myeloma
Non- Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
Parkinson’s Disease
Peripheral Neuropathy
Porphyria Cutanea Tarda
Proliferating (systematic) Angiendothelimatosis
Rhabdomyosarcoma
Sarcoma
Soft Tissue Sarcoma
Spina Bifida
Subacute Peripheral Neuropathy
Synovial Sarcoma
Type 2 Diabetes (also known as Diabetes Mellitus)
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