The Veterans Affairs Department plans to build a system to process simplified claims for Vietnam veterans exposed to the toxic chemical Agent Orange, creating its first fully automated disability ...

Until a couple years ago my health seemed pretty good for an old guy in his 70s. Then it fell apart. Now I’m disabled due to parkinsonism and other illnesses stemming from the war in Vietnam, which ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs plans to expand eligibility for Agent Orange disability benefits to Vietnam-era veterans who served at 129 locations in the U.S. during specific time frames, as well ...

Thousands of aging veterans with identified illnesses who were stationed at U.S. bases where Agent Orange and other herbicides were tested, stored or used between 1940 and 1970 will become eligible ...

To all the people who want disability benefits for only the military who had “boots on the ground” or were “in country” in Vietnam: Agent Orange was not made in Vietnam, but was made in North ...

WASHINGTON — A new list of military locations where Agent Orange and other herbicides were used and stored provides far more information about the presence of those chemicals across the United States, ...

2010-09-23T11:35:12-04:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/bd6/295617-m.jpgVeterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki testified about his decision to expand Agent Orange ...

Dave VanNess thumbs through a book detailing his time on the USS Joseph Strauss in 1973. He believes Agent Orange is to blame for his health problems, even though he never stepped foot on Vietnamese ...

WASHINGTON (CN) – Two years after the National Academy of Sciences Institute of Medicine reported a connection between the disease AL amyloidosis and the herbicide known as “Agent Orange,& ...

About 90,000 Vietnam veterans are finally getting the benefits they deserve. Many of them suffer from cancers and other life-threatening diseases linked to Agent Orange. Agent Orange was used during ...

U.S. Marines prepare to board ship at Danang in 1970 for trip back to U.S. under withdrawal orders. On Tuesday, a federal court ordered VA to award presumptive disability benefit status to thousands ...